Human vs. AI: Does AI Learning Assistant Enhance Students' Innovation Behavior?
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| Title: | Human vs. AI: Does AI Learning Assistant Enhance Students' Innovation Behavior? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lijuan Luo, Jinmiao Hu, Yujie Zheng (ORCID |
| Source: | Education and Information Technologies. 2025 30(12):17483-17530. |
| Availability: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Artificial Intelligence, Student Behavior, Innovation, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Personal Autonomy, Self Esteem, College Students, Readiness, Colleges |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10639-025-13474-z |
| ISSN: | 1360-2357 1573-7608 |
| Abstract: | Students are increasingly utilizing AI educational tools in their daily learning, complementing human instructors. Yet, little is known about how and when learning assistant type (Human vs. AI) influences students' innovation behavior. To better understand these ambiguities, based on self-determination theory and organizational climate theory, the current study constructs a dual pathway model and conducts three online experimental studies to explore the mixed effects of learning assistant type on students' innovation behavior. Study 1 provides sufficient evidence that AI (vs. Human) learning assistants will both enhance students' perceived autonomy, thereby promoting their innovation behavior (autonomous pathway), and increase students' self-esteem threat, thereby inhibiting their innovation behavior (competent pathway). Study 2 shows that high organizational readiness of the college will strengthen the autonomous pathway and buffer the competent pathway. Study 3 further demonstrates that the anthropomorphic design of AI learning assistants is beneficial for enhancing students' innovation behavior through increased perceived autonomy and decreased self-esteem threat. These findings deepen our understanding of the differences of students' perceptions and responses towards human and AI learning assistants, and they provide valuable practical implications for the promotion of AI learning assistants. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1480042 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Students are increasingly utilizing AI educational tools in their daily learning, complementing human instructors. Yet, little is known about how and when learning assistant type (Human vs. AI) influences students' innovation behavior. To better understand these ambiguities, based on self-determination theory and organizational climate theory, the current study constructs a dual pathway model and conducts three online experimental studies to explore the mixed effects of learning assistant type on students' innovation behavior. Study 1 provides sufficient evidence that AI (vs. Human) learning assistants will both enhance students' perceived autonomy, thereby promoting their innovation behavior (autonomous pathway), and increase students' self-esteem threat, thereby inhibiting their innovation behavior (competent pathway). Study 2 shows that high organizational readiness of the college will strengthen the autonomous pathway and buffer the competent pathway. Study 3 further demonstrates that the anthropomorphic design of AI learning assistants is beneficial for enhancing students' innovation behavior through increased perceived autonomy and decreased self-esteem threat. These findings deepen our understanding of the differences of students' perceptions and responses towards human and AI learning assistants, and they provide valuable practical implications for the promotion of AI learning assistants. |
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| ISSN: | 1360-2357 1573-7608 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10639-025-13474-z |
