STRP

Boise State University

Commercializing RhetorixLab: A Market-Driven Solution for Authentic Learning in the Age of AI

Lead: Steven Pentland

Lead Email: stevenpentland@boisestate.edu

Partner: Rhetorix, Dillon Nakata, Operations Director

Keywords: Age of Ai, academic integrity, Asynchronous Oral Assessments, AOAs

Amount: $66750.00

Intellectual Property Status: Provisional Application Filed

Award Date: 08/01/2025

End Date: 07/31/2026

ABSTRACT

This project addresses these challenges, academic integrity, ensuring meaningful learning outcomes, and cultivating skills needed for today’s workforce, by accelerating the development and commercialization of RhetorixLab – a transformative assessment platform built around Asynchronous Oral Assessments (AOAs). Initially developed and piloted at Boise State University, AOAs require students to respond to prompts in a timed, asynchronous verbal format, making AI misuse more difficult while reinforcing skills such as communication, critical thinking, and content mastery.

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