Academics and AI marking: a welcome aid for overworked staff or a sloppy shortcut?

Several Australian universities now allow staff to use generative AI to help mark student assessments. Other institutions ban the practice over concerns about errors, job losses, and degraded feedback. This divide complicates how universities maintain grading consistency and academic standards.

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