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Learning metabolism with virtual reality to optimize biochemistry education in the Spanish-speaking region 利用虚拟现实学习代谢优化西语区生物化学教学
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Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2025.100326
Rosa C. Lopez-Sanchez , Ana G. Rodriguez-Mendoza , Juan P. Nigenda-Alvarez , Lizette S. Hernandez-Cardenas , Luis M. Villela-Martinez , Jose A. Hernandez-Hernandez
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Student engagement with ChatGPT for educational tasks: Effects of inoculation training on verification intentions and behavior 学生参与ChatGPT教育任务:接种训练对验证意图和行为的影响
IF 5.7
Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100335
Chi B. Vu, James J. Cummings, Daniel Y. Park
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Beyond the hype – How higher education stakeholders view the benefits and concerns of generative AI for teaching, research, and administration 超越炒作——高等教育利益相关者如何看待生成式人工智能在教学、研究和管理方面的好处和担忧
IF 5.7
Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100381
Niklas Humble , Peter Mozelius
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Retraction notice to “The impact of generative AI on essay revisions and student engagement” [Computers and Education Open 9 (2025) 100249] 对“生成人工智能对论文修改和学生参与的影响”的撤回通知[计算机与教育开放9 (2025)100249]
IF 12.3
Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100355
Noble Lo, Alan Wong, Sumie Chan
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Developing future workforce skills through remote practical training 通过远程实践培训发展未来劳动力技能
IF 5.7
Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100369
Judith Nkechinyere Njoku , Patience Chizoba Mba , Senorpe Asem-Hiablie , Daniel Dooyum Uyeh
{"title":"Developing future workforce skills through remote practical training","authors":"Judith Nkechinyere Njoku ,&nbsp;Patience Chizoba Mba ,&nbsp;Senorpe Asem-Hiablie ,&nbsp;Daniel Dooyum Uyeh","doi":"10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100369","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100369","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic accelerated the global shift to remote work, highlighting a critical need for robust digital training environments. This paper presents a remote internship program in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) designed as a computer-supported experiential learning model to equip learners, primarily based in Africa, with essential digital skills. Spanning three iteratively designed cohorts, the program utilized a suite of digital platforms to facilitate tool-mediated mentorship, collaborative coding, and asynchronous feedback. Employing a mixed-methods evaluation, this study investigates how digital learning environments and a dual mentorship model support advanced technical skill acquisition. The program demonstrated high completion rates and significant post-internship outcomes, with over half of the participants advancing to graduate school or securing technical roles. This paper discusses the program’s technology-mediated structure, cohort evolution, and lessons learned, offering reproducible insights into designing digital learning infrastructures for remote workforce development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100322,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Education Open","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100369"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148177767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Conceptualizing pre-service teachers' readiness for AI integration into teaching practices: An intelligent-TPACK approach 概念化职前教师将人工智能融入教学实践的准备:一种智能tpack方法
IF 5.7
Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2025.100320
José Reyes-Rojas , Brayan Díaz , Camila Ruz-Reveco , Angela Castro , David Reyes-González
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LLM-generated formative feedback in education: A qualitative systematic literature review 法学硕士在教育中产生的形成性反馈:一项定性的系统文献综述
IF 5.7
Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100374
Uwe Maier, Moritz Seibold, Christian Klotz
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Reimagining digital citizenship through postdigital ecosystems: a polylogue across contexts 通过后数字生态系统重新构想数字公民:跨语境的多语
IF 5.7
Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100380
Ottavia Trevisan , Elizabeth Langran , Rhonda Christensen , Séverine Parent , Yoshiko Goda , Florence Michaux-Colin , Megan Cotnam-Kappel , Michelle Deschênes , Alison Egan , Eamon Costello , Toshinori Saito
{"title":"Reimagining digital citizenship through postdigital ecosystems: a polylogue across contexts","authors":"Ottavia Trevisan ,&nbsp;Elizabeth Langran ,&nbsp;Rhonda Christensen ,&nbsp;Séverine Parent ,&nbsp;Yoshiko Goda ,&nbsp;Florence Michaux-Colin ,&nbsp;Megan Cotnam-Kappel ,&nbsp;Michelle Deschênes ,&nbsp;Alison Egan ,&nbsp;Eamon Costello ,&nbsp;Toshinori Saito","doi":"10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100380","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100380","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined the complexities of digital citizenship through a postdigital ecosystem lens, drawing on a polylogue methodology that brought together diverse perspectives across global, cultural, and institutional contexts. Using a collaboratively developed dataset of written respondent contributions, the study explored how postdigital citizenship education can be reimagined through three analytic lenses: tensions, opportunities, and ways forward. The analysis highlighted the relational and situated nature of digital citizenship and underscored how power, access, identity, agency, and technological infrastructures co-construct civic participation across learning environments. Tensions emerged through policy-practice disconnects, narrow curricula, persistent inequities in access and participation, and the contradictory role of digital technologies in educational ecosystems. Opportunities appeared in hybrid and entangled learning spaces, students’ everyday digital practices, and more relational and dialogic approaches to civic learning. The paper outlines ways forward through curricular transformation, lifelong and relational learning, equity-centered design and access, ecological and relational approaches to teaching and learning, and policy development that reflects sociotechnical complexity. Rather than starting from a singular model of digital citizenship, the study offers insights from a multi-voiced inquiry for expanding conceptual understandings of citizenship education, which is in turn reoriented as a dynamic, negotiated practice within postdigital entanglements. Implications for educational policy, research, and practice are offered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100322,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Education Open","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100380"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148241226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Unpacking ethics-domain of intelligent-TPACK scale in relation to in-service teachers’ trust and distrust 解开智能tpack量表伦理域与在职教师信任与不信任的关系
IF 5.7
Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2025.100321
Ceren Ocak , Secil Caskurlu
{"title":"Unpacking ethics-domain of intelligent-TPACK scale in relation to in-service teachers’ trust and distrust","authors":"Ceren Ocak ,&nbsp;Secil Caskurlu","doi":"10.1016/j.caeo.2025.100321","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.caeo.2025.100321","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This multiple case study explores how in-service teachers’ technical knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) relates to their trust in using AI in educational contexts, and how this trust is shaped by their ethical perceptions. Framed within the Ethics dimension of the Intelligent-TPACK framework (Celik, 2023), this study focuses on four ethical constructs (i.e., transparency, fairness, accountability, and inclusiveness) as indicators of ethical AI and examines how teachers’ trust plays out in relation to these constructs. Data were drawn from written reflections of seven in-service teachers teaching across K-12 levels. These reflections were collected following their participation in a two-week, AI-focused online learning module designed to foster both technical and ethical understanding as part of a graduate-level computer science and instructional technology course. Findings suggest that without solid foundational technical knowledge, teachers often struggle to recognize how human decisions shape AI systems and outcomes. Moreover, the ethical constructs were found to be deeply interconnected and dynamic, with some constructs (e.g., fairness and accountability) often emerging together. In addition, while teachers frequently referred to fairness, inclusiveness, and accountability concerns, other ethical constructs such as transparency and human accountability in decision-making were not addressed nearly as often, emerging as areas that need greater attention in teacher education initiatives. Overall, these insights highlight the ways teachers’ classroom priorities influence how they interpret and engage with ethical considerations in AI, offering important implications for defining and operationalizing the Ethics dimension of Intelligent-TPACK in teacher education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100322,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Education Open","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100321"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145738939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ubuntu-Ẹ̀kọ́ framework: A four-pillared critical-cultural-contextual-communal model for cultivating, educating and enhancing an AI-ready African workforce Ubuntu-Ẹ框架:一个四支柱的关键-文化-背景-社区模式,用于培养、教育和增强人工智能就绪的非洲劳动力
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Computers and Education Open Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100372
Taiwo R. Feyijimi , Viyon Dansu , Ibukun O. Osunbunmi , Isaac O. Elesemoyo , Moses Olayemi , Olukayode E. Apata , Daniel O. Oyeniran
{"title":"Ubuntu-Ẹ̀kọ́ framework: A four-pillared critical-cultural-contextual-communal model for cultivating, educating and enhancing an AI-ready African workforce","authors":"Taiwo R. Feyijimi ,&nbsp;Viyon Dansu ,&nbsp;Ibukun O. Osunbunmi ,&nbsp;Isaac O. Elesemoyo ,&nbsp;Moses Olayemi ,&nbsp;Olukayode E. Apata ,&nbsp;Daniel O. Oyeniran","doi":"10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100372","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100372","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a profound colonial paradox for the African continent. While offering transformative potential for education, the uncritical adoption of AI systems built on Western, individualistic definitions of intelligence risks perpetuating digital colonialism and enabling deep epistemological capture. This conceptual and theoretical manuscript argues that preparing Africa for an AI-driven future requires a fundamental paradigm shift: from the reactive pursuit of “workforce readiness” to the proactive establishment of &lt;strong&gt;Digital Sovereignty.&lt;/strong&gt; We deconstruct the dominant, functionalist definitions of AI and propose a new, decolonized conceptualization: &lt;strong&gt;AI as Augmented Collective Wisdom (ACW).&lt;/strong&gt; This reconceptualization, grounded in select African epistemologies, reframes AI as a socio-technical vehicle, encapsulated by the Yoruba proverb &lt;em&gt;“&lt;/em&gt;ò&lt;em&gt;we lẹsin ọ̀rọ̀”&lt;/em&gt; (a proverb is the horse of words), designed to carry, clarify, and enhance a community’s collective wisdom and ethical fabric.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To operationalize this, we introduce a novel theoretical lens: the &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu-Ẹ̀kọ́ Framework for AI Workforce Readiness.&lt;/strong&gt; This model synthesizes the communal, relational ethics of Southern African Ubuntu (“I am because we are”) with the West African Yoruba educational philosophy of Ẹ̀kọ́ (Education), which redefines the goal of education as the cultivation of the Ọmọlúàbí – an individual of impeccable character, ethical grounding, and communal responsibility. Built on four interconnected pillars: &lt;em&gt;Critical Consciousness, Cultural Grounding, Contextual Responsiveness,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Communal Capability Enhancement,&lt;/em&gt; the framework critically assesses the African educational ecosystem across K–12, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and Higher Education sectors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A key novel contribution is the Ẹ̀kọ́-Ọmọlúàbí Procedural Framework, a three-layered procedural template that systematically translates Yoruba moral and educational philosophy into a structured architecture for ethical AI governance, establishing &lt;em&gt;Ìwà Rere&lt;/em&gt; (good character) as the foundational design constraint, the Ẹ̀kọ́ holistic learning cycle (&lt;em&gt;Ímọ̀-Òye-Ọgbọń&lt;/em&gt;) as the implementation process, and Ọmọlúàbí as the terminal goal for both AI systems and their users. Drawing primarily on a structured synthesis of extant literature, policy documents, and philosophical analysis, the manuscript proposes a holistic competency model that prioritizes ethical character, critical agency, and collaborative problem-solving over purely technical skills.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This paper offers actionable recommendations for policymakers, educators, and researchers to build an equitable, sovereign, and sustainable AI future. Its central contribution is a fundamental re-theorization of AI through indigenous philosophies, offering a blueprint for aligning technological i","PeriodicalId":100322,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Education Open","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100372"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148177769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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