Assessment Learning Exchange

Assessment Learning Exchange (ALE) is a gathering of assessment practitioners to share experiences informally, reflect on their practices, gather new ideas, and experience a sense of community through themed conversations. Initiated in 2020, ALE aims to match AALHE members for themed assessment conversations. In ALE, participants exchange their experiences, listen, receive feedback, and engage in wondering and pondering about a pre-selected focal topic.

Reimagining Authentic Assessment at Scale in an AI-Pervasive World

Join us for the next Assessment Learning Exchange (ALE) where AALHE members will engage in small-group discussions around today’s most pressing assessment challenges.

September 30, 2026, from 3:00–4:15 p.m. ET (2:00 CT / 1:00 MT / 12:00 PT)

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Description: The rise of generative AI compels us to reconsider a fundamental question: What does authentic assessment look like in an AI-pervasive learning environment? When students submit work that has been shaped, supported, or generated in part by AI, what exactly are we measuring?

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FAQs

Who can participate?

AALHE members.

Do I need to be an expert on the topic?

No, certainly not! You should have some experience with the topic so you can contribute to the conversation and ask questions.

Can you explain how this works?

In each ALE session, you will join 3 to 6 peers in a Zoom breakout room and converse about a pre-selected focal topic/issue and its subtopics. The facilitator will guide the discussions on:

Successful strategies that you carried out or experienced.
Challenges that you experience and one area that you would like feedback on
Exchange of ideas and thoughts
Summarizing group takeaways

Tip: before each conversation, prepare one experience to share (a learning moment or a moment you’d like advice on) and one area that you want to seek feedback.

How will we meet? What technology is needed?

The ALE will take place in Zoom breakout rooms each with 3-6 participants in facilitated informal conversations in breakout rooms, representing different topical areas or contexts.

What will I get out of the ALE?

Participation in the ALE will help you:

enhance your practice while helping others to do increasingly valuable assessment work;
develop new networks, meet new people, and strengthen bonds;
advance the professionalism of assessment practitioners and scholars;
contribute to scholarships that will advance the field.

Some ALE conversations may seed larger projects or longer-term collaborations. We encourage you to consider how your ALE conversations could result in an AALHE conference presentation, webinar, workshop, or article in an AALHE publication.

Who can I contact for more information?
Email us at [email protected]