Oral exams gain traction against AI cheating, but grading stays hard
_akpiper · x · 2026-09-09
A professor shares hands-on experience with oral exams: they genuinely test core competence and are fun to run, but objective grading is difficult and large class sizes make them impractical. A Chronicle report cited in the post adds that professors using oral assessments stress preparing students in advance, communicating benefits beyond anti-cheating, and designing fair, well-structured exams — a growing response as AI makes written assignments easy to outsource.
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