Elida Cena
Dr Elida Cena is a Senior Lecturer (Education) in the School of Psychology at Queen's University Belfast, a Chartered Psychologist and researcher on international student experience, qualitative methods, and generative AI in learning and teaching.
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Aug 27, 2026
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Before we take a deep dive into the study, can you give us a high level overview of your study? What did your research aim to explore, and what was the main motivation for your project?
Elida CenaGUEST
So this study was really about putting students at the center of the conversation around generative AI in higher education.
Elida CenaGUEST
We wanted to understand how students were using GenAI, what benefits they saw in it, and what concerns they had about its impact on learning assessment and, uh, education more generally.
Elida CenaGUEST
At the time, uh, the data was collected in 2024, much of the discussion around GenAI in higher education was focused on how universities and academic staff should respond to this rapidly emerging technology.
Elida CenaGUEST
And particularly it was the, the focus was around assessment, academic integrity, and its use in teaching and learning.
Elida CenaGUEST
But we felt that what was missing, sometimes missing from the conversation was the student perspective.
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Ashley RobertsonGUEST
But the benefit of focus groups is it allows us to then see how those ideas develop through discussion and how it is a collective understanding, um, in terms of gen AI.