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Universidade de Hong Kong — Reformular a Avaliação em vez de a Policiar na Era da IA Generativa

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Em junho de 2023, o Senado da HKU designou a IA generativa "quinta literacia" e deu a todos acesso gratuito a ferramentas tipo ChatGPT. Em vez de detetores de IA, que arriscam acusações falsas, a HKU incentivou exames orais, apresentações e crítica a textos de IA.

HK$15.7 million

Financiamento FITE

3,640 10% of 36,400 students

Estudantes utilizadores nos primeiros 20 dias

2,227 17% of 13,100 staff

Funcionários utilizadores nos primeiros 20 dias

1,276

Pedidos ao chatbot de apoio técnico (IT helpdesk)

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Universidade de Hong Kong — Reformular a Avaliação em vez de a Policiar na Era da IA Generativa

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: University of Hong Kong (HKU) / Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre
Period: February 2023–ongoing (Senate policy endorsed June 2023)
Keywords: generative AI policy, assessment redesign, academic integrity, higher education, GenAI literacy

Context

O Senado da Universidade de Hong Kong (HKU) aprovou, em junho de 2023, uma política de IA generativa que designa a GenAI como a "quinta literacia", concedendo a todos os estudantes e funcionários acesso gratuito ao Azure OpenAI (da classe do ChatGPT) a partir de setembro de 2023, financiado por HK$15.7 milhões provenientes do fundo FITE da UGC; em vez de implementar detetores de IA, a HKU incentivou os professores a recorrer a exames orais, apresentações e tarefas de crítica a conteúdos gerados por IA.

Results

Nos primeiros 20 dias do chatbot geral da HKU, cerca de 10% dos 36,400 estudantes da HKU (3,640) e 17% dos seus 13,100 funcionários (2,227) utilizaram-no; um chatbot separado de apoio técnico (IT helpdesk) registou 1,276 pedidos; o acesso foi alargado a oito universidades de Hong Kong.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-18
University of Hong Kong (HKU) / Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre — accessed 2026-07-18
HKU: Policy on Use of Generative AI for Teaching and Learning — accessed 2026-07-18
HKU Press Release: New policy to fully integrate GenAI in Teaching and Learning — accessed 2026-07-18
Microsoft Source Asia: At HKU, a full embrace of generative AI shakes up academia — accessed 2026-07-18

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Quality score: 73/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 8% in this catalogue (227 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Evidence of learning impact1/3

Only 20-day adoption counts (10% of students, 17% of staff) are published; no controlled evaluation of the redesigned assessments' effect on learning has been released.

Equity & inclusion2/3

Free universal Azure OpenAI/ChatGPT-class access for all 36,400 students and 13,100 staff, funded by a HK$15.7m FITE grant, narrows the gap between students who could and could not otherwise pay for such tools.

Transparency, ethics & data protection3/3

A Senate-endorsed public policy, a standing GenAI Advisory Committee, and an explicit, publicly justified refusal to rely on AI detectors because of false-accusation risk.

Teacher capability & pedagogy2/3

Concrete support (AI Clinic, five-week self-paced module, advisory committee) is documented, though no data on completion rates or resulting teaching quality has been published.

Scalability & sustainability3/3

Rolled out university-wide from the first semester and extended to shared AI access across eight Hong Kong universities.

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