From Misunderstandings to Learning Opportunities: Leveraging Generative AI in Discussion Forums to Support Student Learning
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| author | Pozdniakov, Stanislav Brazil, Jonathan Poquet, Oleksandra Krusche, Stephan Berrezueta-Guzman, Santiago Sadiq, Shazia Khosravi, Hassan |
| author_facet | Pozdniakov, Stanislav Brazil, Jonathan Poquet, Oleksandra Krusche, Stephan Berrezueta-Guzman, Santiago Sadiq, Shazia Khosravi, Hassan |
| contents | In the contemporary educational landscape, particularly in large classroom settings, discussion forums have become a crucial tool for promoting interaction and addressing student queries. These forums foster a collaborative learning environment where students engage with both the teaching team and their peers. However, the sheer volume of content generated in these forums poses two significant interconnected challenges: How can we effectively identify common misunderstandings that arise in student discussions? And once identified, how can instructors use these insights to address them effectively? This paper explores the approach to integrating large language models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to tackle these challenges. We then demonstrate the approach Misunderstanding to Mastery (M2M) with authentic data from three computer science courses, involving 1355 students with 2878 unique posts, followed by an evaluation with five instructors teaching these courses. Results show that instructors found the approach promising and valuable for teaching, effectively identifying misunderstandings and generating actionable insights. Instructors highlighted the need for more fine-grained groupings, clearer metrics, validation of the created resources, and ethical considerations around data anonymity. |
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| spellingShingle | From Misunderstandings to Learning Opportunities: Leveraging Generative AI in Discussion Forums to Support Student Learning Pozdniakov, Stanislav Brazil, Jonathan Poquet, Oleksandra Krusche, Stephan Berrezueta-Guzman, Santiago Sadiq, Shazia Khosravi, Hassan Human-Computer Interaction In the contemporary educational landscape, particularly in large classroom settings, discussion forums have become a crucial tool for promoting interaction and addressing student queries. These forums foster a collaborative learning environment where students engage with both the teaching team and their peers. However, the sheer volume of content generated in these forums poses two significant interconnected challenges: How can we effectively identify common misunderstandings that arise in student discussions? And once identified, how can instructors use these insights to address them effectively? This paper explores the approach to integrating large language models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to tackle these challenges. We then demonstrate the approach Misunderstanding to Mastery (M2M) with authentic data from three computer science courses, involving 1355 students with 2878 unique posts, followed by an evaluation with five instructors teaching these courses. Results show that instructors found the approach promising and valuable for teaching, effectively identifying misunderstandings and generating actionable insights. Instructors highlighted the need for more fine-grained groupings, clearer metrics, validation of the created resources, and ethical considerations around data anonymity. |
| title | From Misunderstandings to Learning Opportunities: Leveraging Generative AI in Discussion Forums to Support Student Learning |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11150 |