IEI202505 - AI and Teaching Materials

AI and Teaching Materials

This project aims to explore students’ perceptions of teachers’ usage of generative AI (GAI) assisted teaching materials. Teaching materials created with the assistance of GAI have the potential to increase teacher efficiency and create value for students. Whilst the effectiveness of AI-assisted teaching materials has been demonstrated, there is a need for studies which examine students’ perceptions and acceptance of AI-assisted teaching materials. Students who have a positive perception of their learning environment, including teaching materials, are more likely to take a deeper approach to learning.

The project’s implications are two-fold. First, on the scientific front, we expect to enrich the literatures on student engagement, as well as on student perceptions of GAI usage in HE classroom environments. Second, on the industry front, we expect to aid companies developing AI tools for educational purposes to better understand students’ needs and perceptions of visual teaching materials, which would enable them to redesign and/or readapt their software so that it can reflect the current needs of both students and teaching instructors.

Grant No: RC4AIED-IEI202505

Georgiev, Svetoslav   (School of Intelligent Finance and Business, XJTLU); Tinsley, Joseph  (Educational Development Unit, XJTLU)

Chaonan Xu (Associate Language Lecturer in the English Language Centre of the Global Cultures and Languages Hub (GCLH); Chaojie Ma (RA)

Research Grants

• RC4AIED 2023 - 2024 Fund No. RC4AIED202403
• RC4AIED-IEI202505

Journal Articles

Georgiev, S. and Tinsley, J. (2024) “Exploring Student Acceptance and Perceptions of AI-Assisted PowerPoint Creation”, African Journal of Inter/Multidisciplinary Studies, 6(1), pp. 1–13. doi: 10.51415/ajims.v6i1.1521.

Practice-based Publications

Georgiev, S. and Tinsley, J. (2025, April 14). Student insight can shape the way we use GenAI in teaching. < https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/student-insight-can-shape-way-we-use-genai-teaching >

Conference Presentations

• Tinsley, J. and Georgiev, S., Acceptance of AI-generated Visual Materials among Undergraduate Students: The Case of the School of Intelligent Finance and Business, XJTLU, International Conference on Higher Education Learning and Teaching (ICHELT), Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, Oct 3-4, 2024.
• Georgiev, S., Impact of AI-generated PPT Slides on Student Engagement: The Case of Undergraduate Non-native English Speaking Students Majoring in Supply Chain Management, XJTLU Annual Learning and Teaching Colloquium 2024, Suzhou, China, May 29-30, 2024.

Workshops & Other Events

Dec 10, 2024, Entrepreneurial College Taicang, XJTLU. “Using GenAI to Enhance Teaching & Learning”. Organisers – Georgiev, S. and Tinsley, J. (*attended by approximately 30 XJTLU colleagues onsite and online)