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Educ-AI-ted – Investigating Educators’ Perspectives Concerning the Use of AI in University Teaching and Learning

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Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently been embedded into various tools and devices supporting many of our daily activities and routines. Thence, it is not surprising that AI-driven applications are increasingly also found in the education sector. Such an integration, which is often referred to as AIEd, not only offers great new opportunities for learners, but may also trigger significant challenges for education providers. The work discussed in this paper aims to bring some light to this problem space by offering teachers’ perspectives on the topic. We report on a Delphi study with \(n=17\) university teachers, focusing on their experiences, their doubts and their future wishes concerning the use of AI in teaching and learning settings. Results from three rounds of questioning indicate that educators are generally open to the idea of integrating AI components into their pedagogical concepts, even if in specific application scenarios, such as student assessment, opposing perspectives exist. Results furthermore show that corresponding tool training and better (technical) support is required in order successfully manage this significant change our education landscape is currently undergoing.

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Tritscher, R., Röck, J., Schlögl, S. (2023). Educ-AI-ted – Investigating Educators’ Perspectives Concerning the Use of AI in University Teaching and Learning. In: Uden, L., Liberona, D. (eds) Learning Technology for Education Challenges. LTEC 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1830. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34754-2_20

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