AIEd research is dominated by computer science and STEM disciplines, with minimal educator involvement¶

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q3 i? Computer Science departments contributed the greatest number of first authors (n = 61), followed by STEM (n = 29), while only nine first authors came from Education departments. → Zawacki-Richter 2019

Evidence¶

Zawacki-Richter 2019¶

Zawacki-Richter, O., Bond, M., & Gouverneur, F. (2019). Systematic review of research on artificial intelligence applications in higher education – where are the educators? International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-019-0171-0

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Systematic review of 146 articles coded by first-author affiliation. The review found that only 13 papers (8.9%) were written by first authors with an Education background, highlighting the title's question 'where are the educators?'

"Researchers working in departments of Computer Science contributed by far the greatest number of papers (n = 61) followed by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) departments (n = 29). Only nine first authors came from an Education department"

Discussion¶

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