Dr Evelina D. Galaczi - Director, Research, Cambridge English
Dr Evelina D. Galaczi is a language learning and assessment scholar and is currently the Director of English Research at Cambridge University Press and Assessment. She has worked in English language education for over 30 years, starting in her native Bulgaria, followed by the USA and currently in the United Kingdom. She leads a fantastic team of language learning, teaching and assessment experts who enable the Cambridge vision to deliver a product for millions of learners and test-takers globally.
Abstract
What AI can and can't do for language assessment
Have you been exploring the latest AI software? Perhaps even generating AI poetry on ChatGPT? AI has brought us to a watershed moment in society, which inevitably has implications for assessment. In this plenary we’ll explore the promise and peril of technology in language assessment, pausing to consider opportunities and dilemmas around auto-scoring, adaptive learning, content generation and ethics. You will (hopefully) emerge with a deeper understanding of the complexities which face assessment organisations, learners and test takers, and apply those insights to next-gen assessment products which leverage new tech while keeping the human at the centre of learning and assessment.