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Lan and Zhou qualitatively synthesise research on artificial-intelligence applications supporting self-regulated learning in higher education. They organise findings around phases and functions of regulation, including goal setting and planning, performance and monitoring, feedback and strategy adjustment, and reflection.
AI systems can collect and visualise learning data, recommend resources or pathways, provide adaptive prompts and feedback, support metacognitive awareness, and help learners make decisions. The review distinguishes human-centred regulation, in which learners retain access and control, from designs that risk outsourcing judgement to opaque automation. Evidence is uneven: studies concentrate on selected phases, tools, and short-term outcomes, while emotional and motivational regulation, long-term development, diverse populations, and transfer receive less attention. Challenges include privacy, bias, explainability, data quality, overreliance, learner agency, and whether recommendations genuinely improve regulation rather than compliance.
Because included interventions and methods are heterogeneous, the review does not establish a single effect size or prove that AI causes better learning. It calls for theory-grounded, longitudinal, and human-centred design in which AI augments learners’ awareness and choice and teachers remain responsible for pedagogical interpretation.
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