Michael Holden
@mikeholden.bsky.social
Assistant professor, University of Winnipeg. Interested in assessment, professional learning, board games, and hiking badly.
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The AI3 Model: Future Directions for Artificial Intelligence, Assessment Innovation, and Academic Integrity - Christopher DeLuca, Louis Volante, Michael Holden, 2025
The evolution of machine learning and large language models (commonly referred to as “artificial intelligence” [AI]) presents both opportunities and challenges ...
doi.org
Three years into the age of AI, we can no longer afford a head-in-the-sand approach. This isn't about uncritically embracing AI, or taking "hype bros" and tech companies at their word. It's about seriously grappling with ethical assessment innovation. Read more (open access!) doi.org/10.3102/0013...
Reposted by Michael Holden
New research from Educational Researcher proposes a novel model that promotes assessment policies and practices that support high integrity, authentic learning, and innovative student assessment in an era of generative AI. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
The AI3 Model: Future Directions for Artificial Intelligence, Assessment Innovation, and Academic Integrity - Christopher DeLuca, Louis Volante, Michael Holden, 2025
The evolution of machine learning and large language models (commonly referred to as “artificial intelligence” [AI]) presents both opportunities and challenges ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New research from Educational Researcher proposes a novel model that promotes assessment policies and practices that support high integrity, authentic learning, and innovative student assessment in an era of generative AI. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
Three years into the age of AI, we can no longer afford a head-in-the-sand approach. This isn't about uncritically embracing AI, or taking "hype bros" and tech companies at their word. It's about seriously grappling with ethical assessment innovation. Read more (open access!) doi.org/10.3102/0013...
The AI3 Model: Future Directions for Artificial Intelligence, Assessment Innovation, and Academic Integrity - Christopher DeLuca, Louis Volante, Michael Holden, 2025
The evolution of machine learning and large language models (commonly referred to as “artificial intelligence” [AI]) presents both opportunities and challenges ...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Three years into the age of AI, we can no longer afford a head-in-the-sand approach. This isn't about uncritically embracing AI, or taking "hype bros" and tech companies at their word. It's about seriously grappling with ethical assessment innovation. Read more (open access!) doi.org/10.3102/0013...
The @csse-scee.bsky.social Call for Proposals is live! Join the largest conference in Canadian education research May 30-June 3, 2026 at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. Proposals are due Wednesday, October 8. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
www.csse-scee.ca/conference-2...
www.csse-scee.ca/conference-2...
2026 Conference
UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG 2026 Conference Travel Assistance to Graduate Students Coming soon! Plan Your Trip Coming soon! Registration Information Coming in January. Membership Portal :https://www.assocs...
www.csse-scee.ca
September 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The @csse-scee.bsky.social Call for Proposals is live! Join the largest conference in Canadian education research May 30-June 3, 2026 at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. Proposals are due Wednesday, October 8. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
www.csse-scee.ca/conference-2...
www.csse-scee.ca/conference-2...
Come work with me! @uwinnipeg.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in curriculum, pedagogy, and praxis. As a newcomer to Winnipeg I've been consistently impressed with our faculty, students, the research office, and a long line of mentors. Deets:
northstarats.com/University-o...
northstarats.com/University-o...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Praxis, Faculty of Education
northstarats.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Come work with me! @uwinnipeg.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in curriculum, pedagogy, and praxis. As a newcomer to Winnipeg I've been consistently impressed with our faculty, students, the research office, and a long line of mentors. Deets:
northstarats.com/University-o...
northstarats.com/University-o...
I sat down with @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social's Rosanna Hempel and Marcy Markusa to talk about AI in the classroom and the supports teachers need to keep learning front and center in this age of AI. Article and radio chat at the links below!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Manitoba educators consider appropriate, ethical AI use as policies develop | CBC News
Artificial intelligence is changing how some educators plan their lessons and think about assignments for students. They're contending with how to use generative AI appropriately and ethically in thei...
www.cbc.ca
August 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I sat down with @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social's Rosanna Hempel and Marcy Markusa to talk about AI in the classroom and the supports teachers need to keep learning front and center in this age of AI. Article and radio chat at the links below!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
This week, teachers, school leaders, and assessment specialists from across Canada gathered at the @caflnetwork.bsky.social 2025 Summer Institute focused on Leading #Assessment Change. It's complex work, but there are change-makers at all levels working to align assessment with robust learning.
August 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This week, teachers, school leaders, and assessment specialists from across Canada gathered at the @caflnetwork.bsky.social 2025 Summer Institute focused on Leading #Assessment Change. It's complex work, but there are change-makers at all levels working to align assessment with robust learning.
Congress & the @federationhss.ca isn’t just an event, it’s a community. Creating strong research communities takes ongoing work, which means Congress needs champions willing to do that work — together.
Check out my piece in @universityaffairs.bsky.social:
universityaffairs.ca/opinion/canc...
Check out my piece in @universityaffairs.bsky.social:
universityaffairs.ca/opinion/canc...
Cancelling Congress wounds humanities research - University Affairs
Budget squeeze and logistical complexities leave the century-old conference without a host.
universityaffairs.ca
June 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Congress & the @federationhss.ca isn’t just an event, it’s a community. Creating strong research communities takes ongoing work, which means Congress needs champions willing to do that work — together.
Check out my piece in @universityaffairs.bsky.social:
universityaffairs.ca/opinion/canc...
Check out my piece in @universityaffairs.bsky.social:
universityaffairs.ca/opinion/canc...
Reposted by Michael Holden
Join us tonight as Sue Mylde, Rundle College, shares her insight and experience using AI to engage learners. Head over to cafln.ca for more information on how to register. #Assessment #education #teacher
May 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Join us tonight as Sue Mylde, Rundle College, shares her insight and experience using AI to engage learners. Head over to cafln.ca for more information on how to register. #Assessment #education #teacher
In our latest Life and Legacy episode, I sat down with Dr. Lorrie Shepard, former President of both AERA and NCME, to talk about her work in sociocultural theory, measurement, and partnerships in classroom assessment research. Listen here! classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-9-...
Episode 9: Life and Legacy with Lorrie Shepard | The Classroom Assessment Podcast
SIG member Michael Holden sits down with Dr. Lorrie A. Shepard - University Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder, longstanding measurement researche...
classroomassessment.podbean.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In our latest Life and Legacy episode, I sat down with Dr. Lorrie Shepard, former President of both AERA and NCME, to talk about her work in sociocultural theory, measurement, and partnerships in classroom assessment research. Listen here! classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-9-...
Reposted by Michael Holden
Manitoba’s largest school division has removed a rare entry exam used to sort graduating elementary students into different academic streams.
Grant Park removes advanced-placement test due to student stress
Manitoba’s largest school division has removed a rare entry exam used to sort graduating elementary students into different academic streams.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Manitoba’s largest school division has removed a rare entry exam used to sort graduating elementary students into different academic streams.
You want to be "fair" - but what does that mean? In our latest article, we look at communication, grading decisions, responses to cheating, and holding firm in assessment decisions to understand how 200+ preservice teachers conceptualize assessment fairness. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/berj...
<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Teachers' conceptions of fairness influence their approaches to assessment. Perceptions of fairness underpin how teachers legitimate their values and provide reasons for teachers to defend assessment...
doi.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You want to be "fair" - but what does that mean? In our latest article, we look at communication, grading decisions, responses to cheating, and holding firm in assessment decisions to understand how 200+ preservice teachers conceptualize assessment fairness. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/berj...
Interested in #assessment? Check out the work Manitoba teachers are doing to support stronger assessment practice in this new grassroots, teacher-led organization:
A new teacher group is promoting the benefits of “ungrading” and how professionals across the province can tweak their classroom evaluations to better serve students.
‘We should not be ranking and sorting children’: educator group gives old-school grading an F
A new teacher group is promoting the benefits of “ungrading” and how professionals across the province can tweak their classroom evaluations to better serve students.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Interested in #assessment? Check out the work Manitoba teachers are doing to support stronger assessment practice in this new grassroots, teacher-led organization:
Can you spot #AI work? Repeated empirical studies are telling us No, you can't - not nearly as well as you think you can. Are #AI detectors the solution? Initial findings again suggest No, probably not. Check out my @theconversationca.bsky.social piece for more:
theconversation.com/ai-detection...
theconversation.com/ai-detection...
February 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Can you spot #AI work? Repeated empirical studies are telling us No, you can't - not nearly as well as you think you can. Are #AI detectors the solution? Initial findings again suggest No, probably not. Check out my @theconversationca.bsky.social piece for more:
theconversation.com/ai-detection...
theconversation.com/ai-detection...
Reposted by Michael Holden
AI-detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift
AI-detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift
If educators want to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, assessments like drafts, works-in-progress and repeated observations of student learning are needed.
theconversation.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
AI-detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift
Reposted by Michael Holden
Have you signed up yet? If not, head over to cafln.ca to register for the first of four CAfLN Conversations. On Feb. 10 our Zoom conversations focus on the Student-Teacher Assessment Relationship. @caflnetwork.bsky.social #assessmentforlearning #assessment #relationships
February 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Have you signed up yet? If not, head over to cafln.ca to register for the first of four CAfLN Conversations. On Feb. 10 our Zoom conversations focus on the Student-Teacher Assessment Relationship. @caflnetwork.bsky.social #assessmentforlearning #assessment #relationships
How do you navigate artificial intelligence with ethics, trust, and integrity? Join us March 4 for a @caflnetwork.bsky.social session featuring @saraheaton.bsky.social's leading work: cafln.ca/scheduled_ev... Free for CAfLN members, only $20 otherwise!
Spotlight Series Event March 2025
cafln.ca
February 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
How do you navigate artificial intelligence with ethics, trust, and integrity? Join us March 4 for a @caflnetwork.bsky.social session featuring @saraheaton.bsky.social's leading work: cafln.ca/scheduled_ev... Free for CAfLN members, only $20 otherwise!
Reposted by Michael Holden
Become a member and join our first conversation this upcoming Monday. Existing members can register by visiting our events page cafln.ca/scheduled_ev...
See you there!
#assessment #edusky
See you there!
#assessment #edusky
February 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Become a member and join our first conversation this upcoming Monday. Existing members can register by visiting our events page cafln.ca/scheduled_ev...
See you there!
#assessment #edusky
See you there!
#assessment #edusky
Grateful for the conversation tonight with teachers, principals, and BEd students about #inclusive #assessment in Manitoba schools. A lot of passion to do well by students in complex spaces across the province!
February 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Grateful for the conversation tonight with teachers, principals, and BEd students about #inclusive #assessment in Manitoba schools. A lot of passion to do well by students in complex spaces across the province!
I sat down with Dr. Sue Brookhart, a longstanding leader in classroom #assessment, for a chat about her life and legacy and the future of assessment research. Listen in!
classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-8-...
classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-8-...
Episode 8: Life and Legacy with Sue Brookhart | The Classroom Assessment Podcast
SIG member Michael Holden sits down with Dr. Susan M. Brookhart - Professor Emerita in the School of Education at Duquesne University, longstanding classroom assessment researcher, and former SIG Chai...
classroomassessment.podbean.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I sat down with Dr. Sue Brookhart, a longstanding leader in classroom #assessment, for a chat about her life and legacy and the future of assessment research. Listen in!
classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-8-...
classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-8-...
Thrilled that Dr. Amy Burns has been appointed as the next Dean of @queenseduc.bsky.social! Working with Amy for nearly a decade (!!), I've always been impressed by her leadership, skill, and passion. She *gets it* in a way that makes a real difference. www.queensu.ca/gazette/stor...
Queen’s announces next dean of Faculty of Education | Queen's Gazette
Principal Deane appoints Amy Burns to the role for a five-year term, beginning July 1, 2025.
www.queensu.ca
January 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thrilled that Dr. Amy Burns has been appointed as the next Dean of @queenseduc.bsky.social! Working with Amy for nearly a decade (!!), I've always been impressed by her leadership, skill, and passion. She *gets it* in a way that makes a real difference. www.queensu.ca/gazette/stor...
#Manitoba teachers, interested in inclusive #assessment? Join us for a conversation on February 5 featuring the fantastic Dionne Potapinski & Jamie Galbraith: tinyurl.com/IEPRT2025
January 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#Manitoba teachers, interested in inclusive #assessment? Join us for a conversation on February 5 featuring the fantastic Dionne Potapinski & Jamie Galbraith: tinyurl.com/IEPRT2025
Is #assessment an event? Something you occasion? An invitation? @drarnoldlive.bsky.social & I unpack #inclusive assessment for learning in our chapter in this lovely book - doi.org/10.4324/9781...
January 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Is #assessment an event? Something you occasion? An invitation? @drarnoldlive.bsky.social & I unpack #inclusive assessment for learning in our chapter in this lovely book - doi.org/10.4324/9781...