AI-Agents for Culturally Diverse Online Higher Education Environments

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10520v2
• Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:49:42 GMT
• Title: AI-Agents for Culturally Diverse Online Higher Education Environments
• Abstract summary: This chapter reviews existing research and suggests the usage of culturally aware AI-Agents to foster engagement and improve learning outcomes in culturally diverse online higher education environments.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: As the global reach of online higher education continues to grow, universities are increasingly accommodating students from diverse cultural backgrounds (Tereshko et al., 2024). This can present a number of challenges including linguistic barriers (Ullah et al., 2021), cultural differences in learning style (Omidvar & Tan, 2012), cultural sensitivity in course design (Nguyen, 2022) and perceived isolation when students feel their perspectives or experiences are not reflected or valued in the learning environment (Hansen-Brown et al., 2022). Ensuring active engagement and reasonable learning outcomes in such a environments requires distance educational systems that are not only adaptive but also culturally resonant (Dalle et al., 2024). Both embodied and virtual AI-Agents have great potential in this regard as they can facilitate personalized learning and adapt their interactions and content delivery to align with students' cultural context. In addition, Generative AI (GAI), such as, Large Language Models (LLMs) can amplify the potential for these culturally aware AI agents to address educational challenges due to their advanced capacity for understanding and generating contextually relevant content (Wang et al., 2024). This chapter reviews existing research and suggests the usage of culturally aware AI-Agents, powered by GAI, to foster engagement and improve learning outcomes in culturally diverse online higher education environments.

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