The Ai4unidiversity project
The Ai4unidiversity project
Investigating the scaffolding function of AI in supporting diverse student populations
Welcome to the Ai4unidiversity project
In this project, we explore the scaffolding function of AI in Higher Education students with diverse learner profiles. We define diversity broadly incorporating (a) neurodiversity, e.g. students with dyslexia, ASD, ADHD, and (b) linguistic diversity, e.g. students whose first language is not English. Our goal is to investigate how AI can support diverse HE students in the domains of academic performance, communication, time-management and wellbeing.
Our team is interdisciplinary, consisting of psychologists, data scientists, and designers.
We acknowledge the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Northeastern University, for funding this project.
Would you like to participate?
Take part in our study and earn £20. To take part in our study, email us for a detailed information sheet, and to arrange a mutually suitable time.
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Research articles
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Project rationale
Ai4unidiversity is an innovative interdisciplinary project investigating the scaffolding role AI plays in the context of diverse student populations, aiming to raise diversity, equality and inclusion in Higher Education (HE) contexts (Dwyer & Waisman, 2023). The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into HE practices provides an unprecedented opportunity to investigate its benefits for diverse
Blogs
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How AI supports students’ academic writing in English as a Lingua Franca contexts
A new study explores how AI tools might help English as a Lingua Franca ELF students enhance their English writing skills, resulting in more elaborate sentences. AI may thus have potential to free ELF students’ capacities to focus on content and structure. Rationale A team of researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology and L.A. English
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ChatGPT shown to enhance problem-solving at less cognitive effort
Can AI make students better problem solvers, and reduce cognitive effort? A recent study by Urban et al. (2024) puts ChatGPT to the test in a complex creative problem-solving experiment. While AI-assisted students created more creative solutions using less effort, they struggled to accurately assess their own performance. As AI tools reshape education, the key