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A Design-Based Research Approach to What Distance Learners Expect and Value from an Institutional AI Digital Assistant Cover

A Design-Based Research Approach to What Distance Learners Expect and Value from an Institutional AI Digital Assistant

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
Volume 27 (2025): Issue 2
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Open Access
|Jun 2025
Authors

Authors

Bart Rienties

bart.rienties@open.ac.uk

Institute of Education Technology, The Open University

Felipe Tessarolo

felipe.tessarolo@open.ac.uk

Institute of Education Technology, The Open University

Tim Coughlan

tim.coughlan@open.ac.uk

Institute of Education Technology, The Open University

Christothea Herodotou

christothea.herodotou@open.ac.uk

Institute of Education Technology, The Open University

John Domingue

john.domingue@open.ac.uk

Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University

Denise Whitelock

denise.whitelock@open.ac.uk

Institute of Education Technology, The Open University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.65043/eurodl.154 | Journal eISSN: 1027-5207
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Language: English
Page range: 4 - 4
Submitted on: Sep 18, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 24, 2025
Published on: Jun 13, 2025
Published by: EDEN Digital Learning Europe
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence,
Generative AI,
Digital Assistant,
public vs institutional AI,
Design-Based Research,
Student expectations,
mixed method,
distance learning,
chatbots

© 2025 Bart Rienties, Felipe Tessarolo, Tim Coughlan, Christothea Herodotou, John Domingue, Denise Whitelock, published by EDEN Digital Learning Europe
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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