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Research Summary: Generative AI as a cognitive partner: personalised GPTs and differentiated learning in undergraduate teacher education
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- Educational Technology Research and Development
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- Aziz Shuaib Ausi
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- 25 October 2026
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Research published in Educational Technology Research and Development investigates the application of generative artificial intelligence as a cognitive partner for differentiated learning in undergraduate teacher education. The design-based intervention embedded personalised GPT agents within a Canvas Learning Management System for 14 pre-service secondary education teachers, capturing approximately 7,000 interactions across structured reflective tasks.
Why it matters
This initiative signals an operational shift from passive AI usage to structured, curriculum-aligned cognitive partnerships in professional training environments. Demonstrating controlled, pedagogically grounded AI integration provides a viable blueprint for higher education institutions facing disruption from generative tools.
Key insights
- Generative AI was framed and tested as a cognitive partner for deeper learning rather than an automation utility.
- Fourteen undergraduate pre-service teachers configured personalised GPT agents aligned with curriculum goals, pedagogical preferences, and teaching contexts.
- The study deployed a 'Prompt: Reflect: Refine' task structure embedded within a Canvas Learning Management System, logging approximately 7,000 interactions.
- The educational design incorporated distributed cognition, constructivism, cognitive load theory, and critical AI literacy frameworks.
Source
Educational Technology Research and Development — https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-026-10746-4
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