INDUSTRY EDU. TECH

Intelligent

Cultivating EdTech intelligence for decision-makers

Coursera’ s AI in Higher Education Report surveyed 4,200 students and educators from universities in the UK, US, Mexico, India and Saudi Arabia and found that only 27 % of educators feel confident they can detect AI-generated content. Similarly, only 25 % of faculty believe they and their peers have the right skills to use AI effectively.

This lack of faculty confidence comes as student use of AI continues to rise, with university students worldwide reporting they use AI to complete almost half( 44 %) of their study tasks. The use of AI is also delivering academic benefits, with four in five( 80 %) students reporting improvements in their grades since using AI and 35 % saying their grades have substantially improved. Correspondingly, 83 % of university students believe AI is having a positive impact on higher education, while only 7 % believe it is having a negative impact. education system in their country is unprepared to manage AI. Yet only 26 % of educators surveyed globally say their university currently has a formal policy on AI use.

Almost two-thirds( 65 %) of students and educators believe unregulated AI could undermine academic degrees, while more than half( 54 %) say using AI to assist with university work should be considered cheating.

More than half( 56 %) of university students and educators say the higher education system in their country is unprepared to manage AI.

Additional findings include:

• Thirty percent of UK universities have a formal policy on AI use, the highest proportion compared with the 26 % global average

• Fourteen percent of educators and students in the US view AI as having a negative impact on higher education, higher than the global average of 9 %

• Fifty-three percent of university students in India believe AI positively impacts their studies, significantly above the 37 % global average

• Ninety-one percent of students and educators in Saudi Arabia are positive about AI’ s overall impact on higher education, the highest globally, compared with an 83 % average

• Sixty-nine percent of Mexican students say AI has already improved their grades, though this is the lowest percentage among the countries surveyed. • Although educators worldwide express largely positive views, with 77 % reporting positive sentiment toward AI, they remain more cautious than students. More than one in 10 educators( 11 %) believe AI is having a negative impact on higher education. Despite this caution, AI adoption among educators is also rising, with 71 % saying they use AI often or always in their work.

Concerns grow over AI policy gaps and academic integrity

More than half( 56 %) of university students and educators say the higher

www. intelligentcio. com

INTELLIGENT CIO NORTH AMERICA

45