Archive · 2026-01-19
AI ethics on Monday, 19 January 2026
2 items published this day, across 1 categories.
Research (2)
Development and validation of the AI dependence scale for Chinese undergraduates and a preliminary exploration
Introduction: With the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education, student overreliance has become a growing concern, potentially undermining critical thinking and autonomous learning. To address the lack of a comprehensive measurement tool, this study developed and validated the AI Dependence Scale (AIDep-22), a new instrument designed to assess this phenomenon across four hypothesized dimensions: emotional dependence, functional dependence, cognitive dependenc
Doing Thematic Analysis in the Age of Generative AI: Practices, Ethics and Reflexivity
While the extant research has provided a recipe for researchers to undertake thematic analysis (TA) in a theoretically and methodologically sound way, there has not yet been sufficient research to map out TA in the age of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI). Building on and refining my 2020 article Applying thematic analysis to education: A hybrid approach to interpreting data in practitioner research published in International Journal of Qualitative Methods , which provides an example o