Designing AI‑powered learning: adult learners’ expectations for curriculum and human‑AI interaction

This study examines how GenAI technologies can support adult learners in higher education.

Research shows that adult learners tend to favour personalised, mastery-based learning, collaborative tasks, and scenario-based, gamified, and competency-based assessments and that AI can support this type of learning.

The insightsfrom this research can help inform learner-centered, adaptive AI designs that enhance autonomy, relevance, and emotional support in adult education.

Authors: Jinhee Kim; Seongryeong Yu; Rita Detrick; Xi Lin; Na Li

Date of original publication: 22/06/2025