Institutional development · Teaching, learning and curriculum · Oman
German University of Technology in Oman shifts assessment to process over results amid AI
The German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) says it now weights how students reach their work more heavily than the end result, and has reshaped classes around self-learning and group work.
Why it matters: GUtech students face assessment that weights the steps they take more heavily than the final work they submit.
GUtech said its assessment now puts less weight on the final work students produce and more on evaluating the steps they follow to get there.
The university said it has made strategic changes giving greater weight to self-learning, collaboration, problem-solving and group discussion in class, which Nabil Sahli described as an effort to flip the classroom.
Sahli, Dean and Head of the Department of Computer Science, said teaching should centre on skills, ethical considerations, security insights and encouraging students, because educators do not have more knowledge than AI.
Sahli said students should not rely fully on AI but that educators should neither avoid it nor stop students using it, adding that the approach prepares graduates to be adaptable and work well in teams.
Editor’s view
Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor
GUtech students and teaching staff are directly affected: the university says assessment now weighs the process students follow more than the end result, and that classes give greater weight to self-learning, collaboration, problem-solving and group discussion.
