Advantages

Using GenAI for preparing self-study tests and final examinations provides several advantages:

For Teachers :

• Time Efficiency: AI tools like NotebookLM significantly reduce the hours spent creating assessment materials, allowing me to redirect energy toward academic tasks.
• Consistency and Comprehensiveness: these tools systematically cover all topics from source materials without the inadvertent gaps that occur with manual preparation, ensuring students are assessed on the full range of course content.
• Scalability: once effective prompts and workflows are established, I can easily apply them across multiple courses or larger cohorts, maximizing the return on initial setup time.
• Enhanced Assessment Quality: AI helps generate questions at various cognitive levels with nuanced distractors that test genuine understanding rather than superficial recognition, better aligning with graduate-level learning outcomes.
• Objective Evaluation: the automated system provides consistent and objective feedback for all students, eliminating potential inconsistencies that might occur when grading manually under time pressure.

For Students:

• Immediate Feedback: students receive instant responses on their understanding, allowing them to identify misconceptions immediately rather than waiting for manual marking.
• Flexible Learning: the materials support self-paced learning, enabling students to engage with content at convenient times—particularly valuable for postgraduates with professional commitments.
• Comprehensive Explanations: the system provides detailed explanations for both correct and incorrect answers, with direct links to specific source materials for efficient review.
• Preparation for Assessments: working through these materials helps students develop confidence and familiarity with question formats that will appear in summative assessments.
• Reduced Performance Anxiety: students can test their knowledge privately without peer comparison pressure, encouraging honest engagement with challenging material as part of the learning process.