Poster presentations: Bridging the gap between conversations and public speaking
Introduction So, ChatGPT and other AI apps are ensuring that the traditional essay is being well and truly consigned to the bin. We can try and shore it up with other technology to counter AI or by banning it, but it isn't going away and is only going to get more sophisticated. Anyone going down this route will likely be one step behind and will not be helping their students prepare for the reality of future work. So, those designing assessment using anything resembling an essay in the future, will need to take AI into account or accept that what they are reading may not have been written by a student, ghostwriter or anyone else for that matter. One alternative to the essay, and which has seen increased use over recent years, is the oral presentation (Iberri-Shea, 2013). When a student delivers an oral presentation extemporaneously, the assessor can be confident of the level of understanding possessed by the students. Where the assessor might be in doubt, then this can be the focus