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If AI can draft essays, summarize research, and outline arguments in seconds, what exactly are we assessing when we assign traditional analytic tasks? This week we step into the deep water: how to design and evaluate higher-order thinking—analysis, synthesis, evaluation, creativity—when students have access to powerful generative tools.

Dr. Alaa Alsarhan
February 13, 2026

Assessment data doesn’t change programs, people do. This week’s post focuses on a practical GenAI workflow for transforming dense tables and fragmented findings into clear narratives and visual summaries that faculty and leaders can actually use.

Dr. Alaa Alsarhan
February 7, 2026

Most curriculum maps look complete on paper—but still leave teams guessing where learning actually happens. This week’s post shows how GenAI can help assessment professionals turn static maps into living diagnostic tools, revealing alignment gaps, redundancies, and missed assessment opportunities—without replacing faculty expertise.

Dr. Alaa Alsarhan
January 30, 2026

Focus has become one of the scarcest resources we have. This week’s theme is AI and focus—not as a productivity hack, but as a way to protect attention, reduce mental clutter, and create space for deeper work. Let’s explore how AI can help you decide what matters, quiet the noise, and work with more intention…....

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Dr. Alaa Alsarhan
January 26, 2026

High‑Impact Practices promise transformational learning—but assessing their impact consistently and equitably remains a challenge. This week’s post shows how GenAI can help institutions evaluate HIPs more effectively without turning meaningful learning into shallow metrics.

Dr. Alaa Alsarhan
January 23, 2026

Surveys are everywhere in assessment—and so are low response rates, confusing items, and unusable open‑ended data. This week’s post shows how GenAI can act as a survey quality partner before you ever send a link, helping you protect validity, save time, and earn more trust in your results.

Dr. Alaa Alsarhan
January 16, 2026

Creativity isn’t a lightning bolt—it’s a practice. This week’s theme is AI and creativity, exploring how AI can help you generate ideas, explore possibilities, and lower the fear of starting. Whether you’re writing, teaching, planning, or problem-solving, we’ll look at how AI can support human creativity without replacing it.

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Dr. Alaa Alsarhan
January 12, 2026