Nearly nine in ten students ranked a personalized video as their top choice¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? When formats were grouped by personalization, 88.4% of students ranked a personalized video (human-recorded or AI-generated) first, significantly above chance (two-sided binomial test against 0.5, p<0.001), consistent across both cohorts. → Tomlinson 2026

Evidence¶

Tomlinson 2026¶

Tomlinson, B., Black, R.W., Patterson, D.J., van der Hoek, A., Ferguson, J. & Bietz, M.J. (2026). Students prefer personalized, AI-generated educational videos over non-personalized, human-recorded videos. Scientific Reports 16:21804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-52798-9

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Analysis of first-choice frequencies from the end-of-term ranking survey across the Spring 2025 (255) and Fall 2025 (238) cohorts. The article reports "88.4% of students ranked either human-recorded or AI-generated personalized videos as their top choice", with the same ordering within both human-recorded and AI-generated categories.

"88.4% of students ranked either human-recorded or AI-generated personalized videos as their top choice. This proportion was highly above chance (two-sided binomial test against 0.5, p< 0.001) and was consistent across both cohorts."

Discussion¶

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• Students preferred AI-generated personalized videos over human-recorded non-personalized videos in direct comparison — related
• Students preferred human-recorded over AI-generated videos when personalization was held constant, but this effect was smaller than the personalization effect — related
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