Paul Horness: AI Policy & Process Assessment (MCU, ELC Seminar 2026)

This is a recorded presentation from Bridging Content & Technology: Advancing EMI Pedagogy and Institutional AI Policy, a panel seminar held on May 8, 2026. This talk explores the real-world struggles of implementing AI policies at a university level, the pedagogical distinctions of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and English-Medium Instruction (EMI), and how educators can leverage artificial intelligence to pivot toward process-oriented learning. Shifting to Process-Oriented Assessment: Navigating Institutional AI Policy and Classroom Friction Featured Speaker / Faculty Roundtable As higher education institutions navigate the sudden influx of generative AI, administrators and educators face a critical turning point. Moving past initial panic, this presentation highlights the administrative realities of top-down mandates—such as Japan's Grand Design 2030 vision —and the structural frictions faculty experience when asked to build localized AI policies with little to no formal guidance. The talk critiques the "one-size-fits-all" approach and the superficial implementation of basic syllabus checkboxes that simply mark AI usage as "forbidden" or "allowed with teacher acknowledgment" without providing a functional framework. Rather than defaulting to rigid policing and reactive surveillance , the discussion outlines a progressive path forward for both undergraduate and graduate educational environments. For undergraduate programs, the focus centers on building AI data science literacy and utilizing tools like NotebookLM as an interactive textbook and cognitive bridge for L2 learners. For graduate and professional tracks (such as TESOL/Tissel) , the talk positions AI beyond a basic tool—advocating for an interactive "interlocutor" or research buddy that challenges students to engage in critical thinking, identify text limitations, and write advanced prompts. The presentation strongly argues that the ultimate solution to plagiarism is structural: abandoning an obsession with summative scores and end-products to focus 100% on formative, process-oriented assessment that maps the step-by-step academic journey. The presentation concludes with a collaborative faculty roundtable discussing data privacy concerns in Asian educational landscapes, student data equity, using Chrome extensions like Editfy to track authentic writing revisions in real time, and avoiding the pitfalls of creative but historically inaccurate AI avatars. Presentation: Bridging Content & Technology: Advancing EMI Pedagogy and Institutional AI Policy, Faculty Seminar Series (May 8, 2026). Academic Citation Reference: "Shifting to Process-Oriented Assessment: Navigating Institutional AI Policy and Classroom Friction." Panel presentation and faculty roundtable featured at Bridging Content & Technology: Advancing EMI Pedagogy and Institutional AI Policy, May 8, 2026. #LanguageEducation #EMI #CLIL #TESOL #AIinEducation #ProcessAssessment #NotebookLM #HigherEducation #GrandDesign2030 #EducationalPolicy #Editfy