Assessment Reimagined
Shaping the future of assessment in an AI-enabled world
Assessment Reimagined is a whole-of-university initiative focused on transforming how UOW designs, evaluates, and understands student learning in an AI-enabled environment.
Purpose
Assessment Reimagined will enable UOW to define a renewed, future-oriented institutional purpose for assessment that is authentic, integrity-embedded, and aligned with AI-transformed practice. The resulting Assessment Model and implementation roadmap will provide a stable foundation for assessing student learning across all disciplines.
Prof. Ann Rogerson, Academic Lead - Assessment Reimagined (left)
Dr Alyce Mason, Educational Excellence (E²) Lead - Assessment Reimagined (Right)
Contact: 
renaissance-program@uow.edu.au
Overview
Assessment Reimagined builds on the foundations of work undertaken in 2025. It is a whole-of-university exploration and design initiative to redefine the purpose, principles, and expectations of assessment in an AI-enabled world. Through open provocations, workshops, forums, and structured feedback, the project will invite staff and students to challenge inherited assessment assumptions and codesign a distinctive assessment model for UOW, one that is future-focused, integrity-embedded, and meaningfully aligned with disciplinary and professional expectations.
Strategic deliverables
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A distinctive, future-focused UOW Assessment Model that defines the purpose, principles, and expectations of assessment in an AI-enabled world.
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A practical implementation roadmap outlining policy alignment, capability supports, and requirements for university-wide adoption.
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A mechanism for continuous review and renewal of assessment practices to ensure responsiveness to emerging technologies and educational trends.
Why this matters
Many inherited assessment models were designed for pre-AI contexts and no longer consistently provide valid, authentic evidence of student learning. Generative AI is fundamentally reshaping how students learn, how knowledge is demonstrated, and how professions evaluate capability. To maintain the integrity of learning outcomes, assessment will need to evolve toward authenticity and genuine capability development. This project will ensure UOW can proactively respond to these shifts rather than relying on outdated practices or unenforceable AI restrictions. By re-examining assessment’s purpose, functions, and design principles, the initiative will strengthen the relationship between assessment, learning, and future employability. It will also ensure that assessment practices remain aligned with TEQSA’s expectations regarding AI-related assessment integrity risks, while supporting innovation that enhances the student experience.
How it works
At the centre of the project will be the Assessment Think Tank, a cross-faculty group comprising Deputy Deans (Education), Heads of School, Heads of School (Teaching & Learning), and academics selected through an open expression-of-interest process. This group will act as the project’s intellectual “engine room”, interrogating key assessment provocations such as grading, integrity, authenticity, feedback, and programmatic assessment, while synthesising insights from staff and student engagement. The wider university community will contribute through provocations, forums, workshops, and structured feedback activities, ensuring the Assessment Model is grounded in diverse perspectives and contemporary evidence.
Project timeline
Mar-Apr
EOI’s Open to join Assessment Reimagined Think Tank
May
Provocation Series
June
Think Tank Co-Design Workshops
Jul-Oct
Commence design of new UOW Assessment Model & Implementation Plan
Nov
Sharing outputs at renAIssance Week
Dec
Synthesis of recommendations for UOW AI-Enabled Education Blueprint
