One of the largest e-learning platforms, Coursera, rolled out a line of new GenAI-powered features to help raise academic standards, learning experiences, and academic integrity in Malaysia. Key amongst these advanced features is AI-Assisted Grading, Proctoring, Lockdown Browser, and AI-based Viva Exams. These are conceptualized in a way that any education ecosystem can enable accredited quality online, hence adding value to assessments, courses, and certifications to strengthen academic integrity and learning evaluation.
Some of the newest developments in the area of enhancing the protection of academic integrity and learning assessments include a variety of all-rounded features that involve the following
- Scale Assessment Creation and Grading: Using Coursera’s AI Assessment Generator ensures a diversified collection of assessments, saving educators’ time while improving quality regarding math, text, or multiple-choice tasks specific to any given course.
- Enhanced Academic Integrity: Graded Item Locking—students are assured of completing all components of learning; Time and Attempt Limits reinforce fair exam practice and, therefore, decrease trial-and-error methods. Proctoring and Lockdown Browser ensure the integrity of assessments by preventing any unauthorized resources or assistance during exams.
- Augment Learning and Evaluation: Now, with Coursera Coach, comes individualized AI-powered tutoring on interactive learning support, lecture summaries, and customized pre-assessment reviews. Through AI Peer Reviews, students also get insight into feedback from their text-type submissions. At the same time, through the AI-based Viva Exam, there is an analysis of the student submission, generating follow-up questions which then assess critical thinking and authenticity.
Coursera Commitment to Malaysian Education Landscape
For his part, Coursera Chief Executive Officer Jeff Maggioncalda expressed interest in empowering Malaysian universities with such innovative tools in efforts to protect the integrity of their academic offerings, thereby giving their students a credible and highly regarded education. By choosing Malaysia as a priority market for such innovations, Coursera reinforces its commitment to the country’s ambition of extending quality online education to scale and democratizes digital and artificial intelligence skills for all.
Wawasan Open University Embraces Coursera Partnership for Enhanced Learning
Wawasan Open University, one of the four top Malaysian private institutions of higher learning located in Penang, serves working adults under 40 years of age. It has teamed up with Coursera to implement industry-leading content into their courses. Drawing from tech giants like IBM, Google, and Meta, WOU bundles up to 50% of Coursera content in some programs to help students upskill and reskill, therefore curriculating a changing industry landscape. This collaboration underlines the integral role that Coursera will play in changing the online education landscape and filling gaps in skills within the Malaysian workforce.
