GenAI agent embedded in VIPE small-group processes as an instructional component

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The element is a generative artificial intelligence-based agent (genAI agent) placed into the small group processes of student teams during a session of a well-established virtual interprofessional education methodology. The article describes it as "this novel genAI tool" whose "integration into each student team was an intentional pedagogical technique". Its purpose is to introduce controversy and counter groupthink in newly formed interprofessional teams engaged in collaborative problem-based learning.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Integration into each student team's small-group processes during a VIPE problem-based learning session

Constraints

• Designed for newly formed student teams that rapidly come together in VIPE sessions

Target Learners

• Interprofessional health professions students

Learning Goals

• Collaborative problem-based learning
• Countering groupthink in team decision processes

Claims

• Genai Controversial Viewpoints Counter Groupthink [+M]
• Genai Agent Vipe Small Groups Counters Groupthink [+M]

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Key Sources

• Wiss, A., Showstark, M., Dobbeck, K., Pattershall-Geide, J., Zschaebitz, E., Joosten-Hagye, D., … Embry, E. (2025). Utilizing Generative AI to Counter Learner Groupthink by Introducing Controversy in Collaborative Problem-Based Learning Settings. Online Learning, 29(3), 39–65. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v29i3.5096

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type	design
id	genai-agent-vipe-small-group-element
title	GenAI agent embedded in VIPE small-group processes as an instructional component
description	The element is a generative artificial intelligence-based agent (genAI agent) placed into the small group processes of student teams during a session of a well-established virtual interprofessional education methodology.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-10
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sources	1 — wiss-2025

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