A framework-based crossinstitutional CPD for academic staff in gen-AI literacy, critical inquiry, and authentic assessment

Generative-artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) has emerged as a transformative force profoundly influencing, if not revolutionising the way we now teach and how students learn in higher education (HE). Despite the initial flurry of early research studies following the raising of public awareness of Gen-AI (and in particular ChatGPT), enduring pragmatic questions remain for academic staff on how best to protect and promote student learning, how to meaningfully support assessment integrity from a curriculum perspective, and additionally how to effectively use Gen-AI technologies to aid learning and foster deeper critical thinking. In July 2023 in response to rising staff concerns about the impact of Gen-AI tools on student learning and assessment, two academics from different HEIs in Dublin conducted a research study to develop an inquiry and academic writing (IAW) framework to support academics to respond to assessment challenges and to incorporate students' use of Gen-AI tools in academic writing. They subsequently developed a CPD course for academic staff in which the IAW framework is embedded. The CPD is detailed in this chapter.