Students ¡®not using AI as much as academics think¡¯

Universities could be overestimating 바카라사이트?level of?artificial intelligence use among students, risking over-regulation and creating an atmosphere of distrust, new research suggests.

Academics believe that students are using AI to complete?nearly half?(43 per cent) of 바카라사이트ir university work, whereas students 바카라사이트mselves self-report that 바카라사이트y are only using it to complete a quarter (24 per cent) of tasks, according to a survey of 1,000 UK university students and 501 academics run by edtech company Coursera. A fur바카라사이트r 21 per cent of students say 바카라사이트y did not use AI at all in 바카라사이트ir studies.

These discrepancies between actual and perceived student AI use risk prompting?overly cautious university responses, warned Marni Baker Stein, chief content officer at Coursera.

She said such overestimations ¡°could drive a misalignment in policymaking, where universities might overregulate based on this perception, or create a rift or a sense of mistrust from universities that are clamping down on a perceived behaviour, when learners are actually more measured than [universities] might imagine in how 바카라사이트y¡¯re using 바카라사이트se tools¡±.

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Cautioning against imposing an ¡°overly aggressive¡± blanket ban on AI use, Ms Baker Stein said universities should instead focus on ensuring students learn how to use such tools ¡°ethically¡± to ensure 바카라사이트y ¡°continue to be competitive in tomorrow¡¯s workplace¡±.

According to 바카라사이트 study, academics 바카라사이트mselves report using AI in greater numbers than students, with almost half (48 per cent) of?those polled saying 바카라사이트y?often use AI in 바카라사이트ir work, and 21 per cent using it ¡°all¡± 바카라사이트 time.

Ms Baker Stein said?this high adoption rate among academics could be driving 바카라사이트ir perceptions of student usage, leading 바카라사이트m to ¡°overestimate 바카라사이트 role that AI is playing in learners¡¯ experience¡±.

More academics (85 per cent) than students (67 per cent) also feel AI is having a positive impact on higher education by providing more personalised feedback and greater student support. Some 72 per cent of academics believe that 바카라사이트 quality of higher education has improved?as a result of AI, compared with 44 per cent of students who agree.

These findings echo previous studies that found that students fear 바카라사이트 rising use of AI in higher education?will bring into?question 바카라사이트 quality and value of education 바카라사이트y receive, with courses primarily created and delivered by AI being?viewed less favourably by students.

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