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Extended Strobel taxonomy of five student–GenAI entanglement types

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The paper extends Strobel et al.'s (2024) taxonomy of GenAI applications — originally derived from 100 commercial and professional applications — into a classification lens for educational settings. The five types are Generator, Reimaginator, Synthesizer, Assistant, and Enabler, differing along two dimensions: "the degree of creativity — the extent to which GenAI output aims to innovate rather than improve, and 2) the degree of modification — the extent to which the GenAI output departs from the input." Each type is operationalized for higher education (e.g., Enabler reinterpreted as a competence-scaffolding role targeting higher-order competences), enabling classification of how epistemic work is distributed between student and GenAI in a learning activity.

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  • Extended Strobel taxonomy of five student–GenAI entanglement types organized by degree of creativity and degree of modification: The paper extends Strobel et al.'s (2024) taxonomy of GenAI applications — originally derived from 100 commercial and professional applications — into a classification lens for educational settings. The five types are Generator, Reimaginator, Synthesizer, Assistant, and Enabler, differing along two dimensions: "the degree of creativity — the extent to which GenAI output aims to innovate rather than improve, and 2) the degree of modification — the extent to which the GenAI output departs from the input." Each type is operationalized for higher education (e.g., Enabler reinterpreted as a competence-scaffolding role targeting higher-order competences), enabling classification of how epistemic work is distributed between student and GenAI in a learning activity. (Sun et al. (2026))

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  • Sun, Z., Dohn, N. B., & Rehm, M. (2026). Literacy Demands Placed on Students in Student–GenAI Entanglements in Higher Education. Postdigital Science and Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-026-00697-7
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title Extended Strobel taxonomy of five student–GenAI entanglement types
description The paper extends Strobel et al.'s (2024) taxonomy of GenAI applications — originally derived from 100 commercial and professional applications — into a classification lens for educational settings.
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