Instructor roles shift from exclusive information source toward orchestrating and regulating AI-mediated learning activities¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In GenAI-mediated higher education, instructors remain responsible for designing meaningful tasks, validating outputs, modelling ethical use, supporting AI literacy, and sustaining relational trust, while their role shifts toward orchestration and regulation. → Moganadas SR 2026

Evidence¶

Moganadas SR 2026¶

Moganadas SR, Marín-González F, Nun SH and Gan CL (2026) Generative AI as a didactic-pedagogical mediator: rethinking human roles and pedagogical design in higher education. Front. Educ. 11:1856839. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1856839

q2 · i? · theoretical · r3

The article argues from its synthesis that GenAI can facilitate teaching by generating resources, examples, feedback, and activities, yet instructors retain responsibility for pedagogical design and validation. The authors note this transition has implications for workload and professional identity. No effect size is reported; the support is conceptual.

"In GenAI-mediated HE, the instructor's role shifts from being the exclusive source of information toward orchestrating, critiquing, and regulating AI-mediated learning activities."

Discussion¶

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