Generative AI in Education

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This field studies how generative AI can assist learners and educators, from tutoring and writing feedback to lesson, quiz, and multimedia creation. Common approaches include retrieval-augmented generation grounded in course materials, pedagogically guided prompts and agents, and personalized support based on learner progress, often with teachers reviewing outputs. Researchers assess these systems through classroom trials, learning and transfer measures, interaction analysis, and benchmarks for pedagogical quality, accuracy, and safety. A central tension is that AI can improve task performance and access to help without necessarily building durable understanding or learner agency, while reliability, bias, privacy, and academic integrity remain open concerns.

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  1. Measuring Changes in Instructor Class Design and Student Learning After the Release of Large Language Models (LLMs)

    Apr 12, 2026Amanda Potasznik, Daniel HaehnGenerative AI in EducationEducational Technology

    University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA

  2. Human-AI Collaboration Reconfigures Group Regulation from Socially Shared to Hybrid Co-Regulation

    Apr 9, 2026Yujing Zhang, Xianghui Meng, Shihui Feng +1Human-AI CollaborationGenerative AI in Education

    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China · Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA · Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

  3. Generative AI in K-12 Classrooms: A Midyear Implementation Report

    Apr 8, 2026Lief Esbenshade, Alex Liu, Michael Xiao +6Generative AI in EducationEducational Technology

    University of Washington · Colleague AI

  4. Why teaching resists automation in an AI-inundated era: Human judgment, non-modular work, and the limits of delegation

    Apr 8, 2026Songhee HanAI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA

  5. Designing Safe and Accountable GenAI as a Learning Companion with Women Banned from Formal Education

    Apr 8, 2026Hamayoon Behmanush, Freshta Akhtari, Ingmar Weber +1Generative AI in EducationAI Companions

    Saarland Informatics Campus, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany · Computer Science Faculty, Parwan University, Parwan, Afghanistan

  6. AI Slop or AI-enhancement? Student perceptions of AI-generated media for an English for Academic Purposes course

    Apr 8, 2026David James Woo, Deliang Wang, Kai GuoAI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Everwrite Limited, Hong Kong, China · Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China · Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

  7. "Don't Be Afraid, Just Learn": Insights from Industry Practitioners to Prepare Software Engineers in the Age of Generative AI

    Apr 7, 2026Daniel Otten, Trevor Stalnaker, Nathan Wintersgill +3Computer Science EducationGenerative AI in Education

    William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA

  8. Dialogue Act Patterns in GenAI-Mediated L2 Oral Practice: A Sequential Analysis of Learner-Chatbot Interactions

    Apr 7, 2026Liqun He, Shijun, Chen +2Generative AI in EducationHuman-AI Interaction

    Cindy · University College London, London, United Kingdom · University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

  9. An AI Teaching Assistant for Motion Picture Engineering

    Apr 6, 2026Deirdre O'Regan, Anil C. KokaramIntelligent Tutoring SystemsEducational Technology

    Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

  10. EduIllustrate: Towards Scalable Automated Generation Of Multimodal Educational Content

    Apr 6, 2026Shuzhen Bi, Mingzi Zhang, Zhuoxuan Li +3Generative AI in EducationMultimodal Generation

    Shanghai Innovation Institute · University of Science and Technology of China · East China Normal University

  11. Exploring how EFL students talk to and through AI to develop texts

    Apr 6, 2026David James Woo, Yangyang Yu, Yilin Huang +3Human-AI CollaborationGenerative AI in Education

    Everwrite Limited, Hong Kong, China · Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China · The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China +2

  12. MisEdu-RAG: A Misconception-Aware Dual-Hypergraph RAG for Novice Math Teachers

    Apr 5, 2026Zhihan Guo, Yuting Lu, Jionghao LinRetrieval-Augmented GenerationKnowledge Augmentation for Language Models

    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China · Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA 15213, USA · Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia

  13. CODE-GEN: A Human-in-the-Loop RAG-Based Agentic AI System for Multiple-Choice Question Generation

    Apr 5, 2026Xiaojing Duan, Frederick Nwanganga, Chaoli WangMultiple-Choice Question GenerationGenerative AI in Education

    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN 46556, USA

  14. Sociodemographic Biases in Educational Counselling by Large Language Models

    Apr 3, 2026Tomasz Adamczyk, Wiktoria Mieleszczenko-Kowszewicz, Beata Bajcar +6Demographic Bias in Language ModelsLanguage Model Bias Evaluation

    Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland · University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

  15. Comparing the Impact of Pedagogy-Informed Custom and General-Purpose GAI Chatbots on Students' Science Problem-Solving Processes and Performance Using Heterogeneous Interaction Network Analysis

    Apr 3, 2026Hanyu Su, Huilin Zhang, Shihui FengGenerative AI in EducationHuman-AI Interaction

    Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China

  16. Mapping generative AI use in the human brain: divergent neural, academic, and mental health profiles of functional versus socio emotional AI use

    Apr 2, 2026Junjie Wang, Xianyang Gan, Dan Liu +7Human-AI InteractionGenerative AI in Education

    The Center of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China · The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China · Brain-Computer Interface & Brain-Inspired Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China +5

  17. Generative AI Spotlights the Human Core of Data Science: Implications for Education

    Apr 2, 2026Nathan TabackGenerative AI in EducationHuman-AI Collaboration

    Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  18. Trust and Reliance on AI in Education: AI Literacy and Need for Cognition as Moderators

    Apr 1, 2026Griffin Pitts, Neha Rani, Weedguet MildortTrust in AIGenerative AI in Education

    North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA · University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

  19. Human-in-the-Loop Control of Objective Drift in LLM-Assisted Computer Science Education

    Mar 31, 2026Mark Dranias, Adam WhitleyGenerative AI in EducationHuman-in-the-Loop AI

    Asheville Institute for Memory and Longevity. Mills River, NC USA · University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC USA

  20. From Domain Understanding to Design Readiness: a playbook for GenAI-supported learning in Software Engineering

    Mar 31, 2026Rafal WlodarskiAI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, Mountain View, CA, USA

  21. Beyond the Steeper Curve: AI-Mediated Metacognitive Decoupling and the Limits of the Dunning-Kruger Metaphor

    Mar 31, 2026Christopher KochHuman-AI CollaborationHuman-AI Interaction

    Independent Researcher

  22. Kwame 2.0: Human-in-the-Loop Generative AI Teaching Assistant for Large Scale Online Coding Education in Africa

    Mar 31, 2026George Boateng, Samuel Boateng, Victor KumbolGenerative AI in EducationIntelligent Tutoring Systems

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland · Kwame AI Inc., U.S. · Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

  23. REFINE: Real-world Exploration of Interactive Feedback and Student Behaviour

    Mar 31, 2026Fares Fawzi, Seyed Parsa Neshaei, Marta Knezevic +2Educational Feedback GenerationGenerative AI in Education

    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

  24. Evaluating LLMs for Answering Student Questions in Introductory Programming Courses

    Mar 30, 2026Thomas Van Mullem, Bart Mesuere, Peter DawyndtAI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

  25. SLOW: Strategic Logical-inference Open Workspace for Cognitive Adaptation in AI Tutoring

    Mar 30, 2026Yuang Wei, Ruijia Li, Bo JiangIntelligent Tutoring SystemsAI in Education

    Shanghai Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Education, Shanghai, China

  26. Evaluating Prompt Injection Defenses for Educational LLM Tutors: Security-Usability-Latency Trade-offs

    Mar 29, 2026Alexandre Cristovão MaioranoPrompt Injection DefenseLLM Guardrails

  27. Understanding Teacher Revisions of Large Language Model-Generated Feedback

    Mar 29, 2026Conrad Borchers, Luiz Rodrigues, Newarney Torrezão da Costa +2AI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Carnegie Mellon University · Federal Technological University of Paraná – UTFPR · Instituto Federal Goiano – IF Goiano +1

  28. Exploring Student Perception on Gen AI Adoption in Higher Education: A Descriptive Study

    Mar 29, 2026Harpreet Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Satwant Singh +4Generative AI in EducationAI Literacy

  29. Instructor-Created Custom GPTs as Pedagogical Partners Fostering Immersion in Online Higher Education: Two Case Studies

    Mar 29, 2026Dennis Beck, Leonel MorgadoGenerative AI in EducationEducational Technology

    University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA · Universidade Aberta & INESC TEC, Lisbon & Porto, Portugal

  30. Multi-Level Barriers to Generative AI Adoption Across Disciplines and Professional Roles in Higher Education

    Mar 27, 2026Jianhua Yang, Kerem Öge, Adrian von Mühlenen +3Generative AI in EducationAI Governance

    Warwick Manufacturing Group, The University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK · Department of Politics and International Studies, The University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK · Department of Psychology, The University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK +1