ChatGPT was the most widely adopted AI platform in undergraduate higher education studies, with applications clustering around assessment automation and personalized learning support¶
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q3 i? Among the reviewed studies, ChatGPT was the most widely adopted AI tool, and AI was predominantly employed for assessment tasks (plagiarism detection, automated grading, formative feedback) and personalized learning support (adaptive pathways, recommender systems). → AlSheikh MH 2026
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AlSheikh MH 2026¶
AlSheikh MH, Zaini R, ALmulhem MA and Ahmad S (2026). Mapping artificial intelligence integration in higher education: a systematic review using the FACETS and SAMR frameworks. Front. Educ. 11:1871468. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1871468
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Narrative synthesis of the 22 included studies' use cases. The review identifies assessment automation and personalized learning support as the dominant use cases, and separately reports "the current review identifies ChatGPT as the most widely adopted tool".
"Artificial Intelligence (AI) has predominantly been employed in tasks related to assessment (such as plagiarism detection, automated grading, and formative feedback) as well as in personalized learning support (including adaptive pathways and recommender systems)."
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ChatGPT was the most widely adopted AI platform in undergraduate higher education studies, with applications clustering around assessment automation and personalized learning support |
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ChatGPT was the most widely adopted AI platform in undergraduate higher education studies, with applications clustering around assessment automation and personalized learning support |
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