Seminar on “Measuring and Assessing Learning Outcomes in Political Theory Courses in the Digital Age”

On the afternoon of December 23, 2025, at Ton Duc Thang University, the Department of Political Theory organized the seminar titled “Measuring and Assessing Learning Outcomes in Political Theory Courses in the Digital Age”. The seminar was attended by Dr. Pham Thi Thanh Huyen, Head of the Department of Political Theory, together with more than 30 full-time and adjunct lecturers of the Department. This was an important professional activity aimed at exchanging and sharing teaching and student assessment experiences in the context of digital transformation and the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

In her opening remarks, Dr. Pham Thi Thanh Huyen, Head of the Department of Political Theory, clearly outlined the rationale for organizing the seminar and emphasized the urgent need to innovate methods for measuring and assessing learning outcomes in Political Theory courses in the current digital transformation context. Accordingly, assessment practices must ensure objectivity and fairness, while accurately reflecting students’ actual competencies as AI is increasingly and widely used in the learning process.

Drawing on teaching practice, the seminar clarified key issues in the assessment of learning outcomes that require attention in the current period. Many participants noted that assessment practices should be adjusted toward enhancing differentiation, thereby more accurately reflecting learners’ actual competencies in a context where AI tools are increasingly prevalent. In this spirit, the Department leadership encouraged lecturers to actively share practical teaching experiences, while also consulting and discussing effective assessment models from other higher education institutions, with a view to jointly proposing solutions appropriate to current teaching conditions.

The discussion session took place in an open, candid, and highly constructive atmosphere. Lecturers actively shared their perspectives, teaching experiences, and concerns related to organizing the assessment of student learning outcomes. Many comments focused on how to enhance students’ active engagement, increase interaction in the classroom, and ensure that assessment accurately reflects students’ actual competencies in the context of the growing application of digital technologies. Through exchanges and discussions, the seminar reached a consensus on the need to continue innovating teaching organization and assessment methods in a flexible and practice-oriented manner, while promoting students’ active role in the learning process.

In concluding the seminar, Dr. Pham Thi Thanh Huyen summarized the discussions and emphasized shared orientations for further innovation in teaching and assessment activities in Political Theory courses in the context of digital transformation. The agreed directions focused on enhancing interaction between lecturers and students, diversifying teaching organization formats, and ensuring that assessment accurately reflects the learning process and the learner’s substantive level of participation. In addition, flexibility in class organization, attention to the specific characteristics of different student groups, and strengthening learners’ sense of responsibility and active participation in collective activities were identified as important requirements to be continuously pursued.

The seminar concluded in a serious, open, and highly consensual professional atmosphere. All participating lecturers expressed agreement with the shared orientations discussed, thereby contributing to a foundation for the continued improvement and innovation of assessment methods in Political Theory courses at Ton Duc Thang University, in response to training requirements in the digital age.