AI use mirrors student schedules in study of 77,000 online learners
How do students actually use AI learning assistants?
How do students actually use AI learning assistants?
The short version
- A new research paper by IU International University of Applied Sciences provides the first robust answers to this question.
- For the study "Using AI-based Learning Assistants in Higher Education: A Large-Scale Descriptive Analysis," the research team led by Prof.
- Valerie Hekkel and Quintus Stierstorfer analyzed anonymized usage data from approximately 77,000 IU online students who were using the Learning Companion Syntea at the time of the study.
What happened
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: This makes it the world's largest empirical analysis to date of the actual use of a dedicated AI learning assistant in a higher education context.
Why it matters
Syntea is currently available to more than 80,000 online students at IU International University of Applied Sciences, as well as around 5,000 learners at IU Academy.
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