Most staff respondents had used a GAI tool, but few held paid subscriptions, suggesting limited sustained engagement¶
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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2031: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? 63% of staff respondents had used at least one GAI tool in the six months to May 2024, but only 14% had a paid subscription. → Kahn P 2026
q2 i? The authors take a subscription as a meaningful proxy for sustained engagement, implying many respondents worked with affordances only substantively imagined. → Kahn P 2026 (2)
Evidence¶
Kahn P 2026¶
Kahn P, Carrigan M, Wyman I, Liu R, Smith P, Andonegui AR, Murtagh L and Song F (2026) Still emerging: understanding Generative AI use in Higher Education. Front. Educ. 11:1885253. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1885253
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Factual item from the staff survey in the case study. The article reports 63% had used at least one GAI tool in the six months to May 2024, with only 14% holding a paid subscription; reported student engagement with subscriptions was slightly higher at 21%.
"Responses indicated that 63% of staff respondents had used at least one GAI tool at some point in the 6 months to May 2024, although only 14% of respondents had taken out a paid subscription."
Kahn P 2026 (2)¶
Kahn P, Carrigan M, Wyman I, Liu R, Smith P, Andonegui AR, Murtagh L and Song F (2026) Still emerging: understanding Generative AI use in Higher Education. Front. Educ. 11:1885253. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1885253
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Authors' interpretation (type e) in the Discussion: because free versions are rate limited and restricted to older models, the article reasons that a subscription proxies sustained engagement, and cites Mollick (2024) that practical experimentation is needed to develop a working understanding of GAI tools.
"a subscription can be taken as a meaningful proxy for sustained engagement, suggesting that a substantial majority of our respondents were working with affordances that were substantively imagined to varying degrees"
Discussion¶
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Most staff respondents had used a GAI tool, but few held paid subscriptions, suggesting limited sustained engagement |
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Most staff respondents had used a GAI tool, but few held paid subscriptions, suggesting limited sustained engagement |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-11 |
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