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Teaching@Sydney, University of SydneyEnthusiast
Frequently asked questions about the two-lane approach to assessment in the age of AI
Adam Bridgeman and Danny Liu answer the practical questions academics keep asking about Sydney's two-lane model, which separates secured assessments that assure a student really can do something from open assessments where AI use is expected and supported. The FAQ works through marking criteria for AI-assisted work and worked examples from law, architecture, humanities and the sciences. You will finish with a defensible rationale for which of your assessments should be secured.
- Task
- Grading & feedback
- Time
- 30 min
- Level
- intermediate
- Cost
- Free — Nothing to pay. A free account at most.
- Tools
- None in particular
- Published
- 2026-04
- Voice
- Danny Liu — The strongest affirmative case that is not for sale: he open-sources the AI tooling his university uses and publishes the assessment framework that goes with it.
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