About this College of IST CYBER 100 GenAI Impact Evaluation Student Assistant role at Penn State University
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Graduate or undergraduate student assistant to support impact evaluation for the grant-funded AI-Resilient Assessment in CYBER 100: GenAI Literacy and Verification at Scale project.
The student will assist with rubric coding, review of student GenAI Use Logs, and collection and organization of assignment artifacts and related assessment data from the Spring 2027 CYBER 100 pilot.
Duties may include applying established coding criteria to student work, recording and quality-checking rubric data, reviewing GenAI Use Logs and student reflections, organizing de-identified project data, and assisting the project team with preparation of data for analysis of student learning, engagement, and consistency of rubric application across course sections.
Requirements, qualifications, and/or competencies:
- Current Penn State graduate or undergraduate student.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, reliability, and ability to consistently apply established rubrics and coding criteria are required.
- Strong written communication skills and comfort working with spreadsheets, structured data, and student assignment artifacts are expected.
- Familiarity with generative AI tools, cybersecurity, operating systems, research methods, qualitative coding, or rubric-based assessment is preferred but not required.
- The student must maintain appropriate confidentiality when working with student/course data and follow project procedures and applicable Penn State requirements for handling evaluation or research materials.
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