<![CDATA["It’s a testing method as old as Socrates and making a comeback in the AI age.]]>"It’s a testing method as old as Socrates and making a comeback in the AI age. A growing number of college professors say they are turning to oral exams, and combining a variety of old-fashioned and cutting-edge techniques, to help address a crisis in higher education."
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-28/colleges-are-turning-to-oral-exams-to-combat-ai

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If I was still teaching I would 100% have implemented a policy of asking a portion of my students on each assignment to orally defend their work; the students would be selected based on those whose work triggers any sort of AI detection (both automated and my own gut suspensions) combined with a random number (to keep it equitable and minimise favouritism)

The only reason I wouldn't be having every student orally defend every assignment is because of the time constraints of large class sizes.

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