Learning apps and AI programs help with learning
48.0% of respondents in the IU Learning Report 2024 state that learning apps and AI programs are helpful when learning. 13.6% even describe them as very helpful.
In contrast, 27.0% describe learning apps and AI programs as less unhelpful or completely unhelpful. A further 25.0% have no opinion on this. The findings are representative of Germany.
Learning apps / AI programs
Question: How helpful do you think the following learning support is for you personally?
Use of AI in education? The majority of people are all for it
Artificial intelligence is now part of many digital services, e.g. chatbots such as ChatGPT and translation and writing assistants such as DeepL. 54.5% of people in Germany find the use of these AI tools in education quite positive or very positive – whether in schools, at university, during training or for upskilling.
Question: What do you think about using AI technologies (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) in school / university / for training / upskilling?
Learning with learning apps and AI: the benefits
Question: What are the benefits of using AI technologies (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) for learning?
Excerpts from answers
AI technologies and learning apps have become an integral part of everyday learning. Many learning apps now integrate AI-based approaches that enable learners to make the learning process highly flexible and individualised. Therefore, these technologies must be continuously developed so that they can help promote personalised learning and make learning resources more accessible and effective.”
Prof. Dr Kristina Schaaff
Professor of Digital Transformation with a focus upon AI at the IU International University of Applied Sciences
Focus
Learning using artificial intelligence
According to the representative IU study, 35.8% of respondents are aware of having used AI technology while learning. For 87.1% of them, this experience was quite or very positive (across all generations). 57.9% of people who have used AI while learning even say that their learning or exam results have since improved.
Experiences with AI technology: almost 9 out of 10 respondents satisfied
Question: Are you aware of having used AI technology (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) while learning?
Question: How do you rate your experience of AI technology (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) while learning?
Only respondents who are aware of having used AI technology (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) while learning
„For what purposes do you use AI technology (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) while learning?“
Only respondents who are aware of having used AI technology (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) while learning
To research topics
62.0 %
To solve tasks
44.7 %
To write or draft texts/presentations
44.5 %
To prepare for exams
23.4 %
Other
6.6 %
57.9% of people think AI improves results
Question: Have your learning outcomes or exam results improved since you started using AI technologies (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) when learning?
Only respondents who are aware of having used AI technology (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepL) while learning
The vast majority of respondents who have used AI technology while learning rate it as positive across all generations. This highlights the great potential that AI-based learning apps such as Syntea – a learning buddy developed at IU – offer to help the learning process. The high proportion of people who say that AI technology has improved their learning outcomes underscores the enormous power of these technologies to make learning more efficient and accessible. The results also highlight the need to teach people how to use AI technology thoughtfully so that it can be implemented well.”
Prof. Dr Kristina Schaaff
Professor of Digital Transformation with a focus upon AI at the IU International University of Applied Sciences
