By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Familiarise themselves with the key affordances of AIMS
2. Apply AIMS to support Assessment for Learning (AfL) through effective feedback design and pedagogical strategies
3. Enhance their AI literacy and reflect on the shifting roles of teachers when integrating AIMS into writing instruction
4. Activate student agency by guiding students to interpret, evaluate and use AIMS feedback to improve their writing

The course covers the following contents:
1. Overview of AIMS and its core affordances in writing assessment and feedback
2. Using AIMS to support Assessment for Learning (AfL)
3. Teacher roles in an AI-enabled classroom: Teacher-in-the-loop vs Teacher-over-the-loop
4. Developing student agency through AIMS-enabled feedback cycles
5. Hands-on experience & lesson design:
– Analysing examples of AIMS-supported writing lessons
– Designing or refining a writing lesson incorporating AIMS and AfL principles