After hands-on use, 96% of students wanted AIDA in their studies, with the quiz function the most liked feature¶

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q2 i? 96% of students across both conditions expressed interest in having AIDA available in their formal studies; the quiz function providing five multiple-choice questions per visited page was most liked, with average Likert ratings above 4 out of 5 for all core functions. → Rienties 2026

Evidence¶

Rienties 2026¶

Rienties, Bart; Coughlan, Tim; Domingue, John and Herodotou, Christothea (2026). New systems of learning for distance learning institutions? A six-study review of implementing AIDA. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2026.100607

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Study 6 post-test perceptions; the experimental group rated all core AIDA functionalities with "average Likert Response ratings well above 4 (out of 5)". The article reports: "The most liked function was the Quiz function, that provides 5 multiple -choice questions per visited page, followed by the Explain chat function."

"96% of students were keen to have an AIDA available in their studies"

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