Model Student – AI, Learning and the Classroom

By Christabelle Marbun, Isaac Lee & Claudia Bloom

NNAI Livescu sponsors undergraduate research projects on various topics, overseen by faculty and staff in the initiative.

ongoing research project – Estimated completion by July 2026

Model Student is a collaborative project with students to construct a discussion aimed at understanding how students have been incorporating Artificial Intelligence (particularly Large Language Models) into their education.

As AI becomes more relevant to education, it is crucial that we foster an open dialogue around its usage, which requires input from students. It’s safe to say that while LLM use in undergraduate academia (and perhaps academia as a whole) has lots of unexplored potential, there are also uncharted risks. We’re trying to get a better sense of what the students are thinking regarding this new technology. Our aim is to understand how the landscape of academia and education is/if at all is shifting.

Our goal is to create a conversation between university faculty and students that bridges the gap between AI policy and student experiences.