ARTP in Unimelb’s Assessment and GenAI Symposium

How is ARTP helping us rethink assessment and pedagogy in the era of GenAI in higher education?

This was the guiding question behind Melissa’s and Julie’s recent presentation at the University of Melbourne’s Assessment and GenAI Symposium on 3 June 2025, where Melissa shared part of my PhD project exploring how a multilingual university student in Australia engages with academic reading and writing using both digital tools and multilingual resources.

While GenAI tools are increasingly shaping academic practices, we’re only beginning to understand how these technologies interact with the lived experiences and meaning-making strategies of multilingual learners. These tools can both amplify and erase students’ voices—enabling access and expression on one hand, while flattening meaning and nuance on the other.

We concluded by proposing a framework grounded in Arts-Rich Translanguaging Pedagogies (ARTP)—one that reimagines assessment and pedagogy in the higher education context. We are excited to keep exploring how ARTP can help us reimagine inclusive, critical, and creative learning in the age of AI.

Special thanks to Dr Jessica Gannaway for her significant contribution in making this work happen!