Harnessing AI for Academic Progress: Common Themes and Future Directions

Juliana Gerard; Kelly Norwood; Muhammad Usman Hadi; Aisling Reid; Antoine Rivoire; Muskaan Singh

doi:10.3390/proceedings2025114003

Harnessing AI for Academic Progress: Common Themes and Future Directions

Juliana Gerard
, Kelly Norwood
, Muhammad Usman Hadi
, Aisling Reid
, Antoine Rivoire
, Muskaan Singh

Queens University Belfast

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Abstract

This paper presents a reflection on the workshop topics and on further implications for different subject areas across higher education. We identify five overarching themes which emerged from the workshop presentations and reflect on the discussion of each respective theme. Next, we consider these themes in the contexts of different undergraduate courses across subject areas. We focus on one course each from STEM, Social Sciences, and the humanities (engineering, linguistics, and English, respectively) and identify a component of each course which has been influenced by the increasing presence of generative AI in HE. We link these components to the overarching themes and conclude with some common themes across the subject areas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Editors	Morgan Macleod, Adina Camelia Bleotu
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
Volume	114
Edition	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2025114003
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 26 Feb 2025
Event	Adaptive Education: Harnessing AI for Academic Progress - Duration: 12 Apr 2024 → … https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/adaptiveai/

Conference

Conference	Adaptive Education
Abbreviated title	AdaptEdu 2024
Period	12/04/24 → …
Internet address	https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/adaptiveai/

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Content from the workshop is available at https://adaptiveai.ulster.ac.uk
(accessed on 11 February 2025).

Funding

This research was funded by the International Science Partnerships Fund managed by the Northern Ireland Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Keywords

generative AI
common themes
higher education
harnessing AI

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Harnessing AI for Academic Progress: Common Themes and Future DirectionsFinal published version, 173 KBLicence: CC BY

AI Across Borders: Exploring Perceptions and Interactions in Higher Education
Gerard, J., Singh, S., Macleod, M., McKay, M., Rivoire, A., Chakraborty, T. & Singh, M., 31 Aug 2025, In: Education Sciences . 15, 8, p. 1-25 25 p., 1039.
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AI Across Borders: Exploring Perceptions and Interactions in Higher Education

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