Evaluation Methods for an AI-Supported Learning Management System: Quantifying and Qualifying Added Values for Teaching and Learning.

Artificial intelligence offers great opportunities for the future, including for teaching and learning. Applications such as personalized recommendations and learning paths based on learning analytics [i.e. 1], the integration of serious games in intelligent tutoring systems [2], intelligent agents in the form of chatbots [3], and other emerging applications promise great benefits for individualized digital learning. However, what value do these applications really add and how can these benefits be measured? With this article, we would like to give a brief overview of AI-supported functionalities for learning management system as well as their possible benefits for future learning environments. Furthermore, we outline methods for a comprehensive evaluation that meets the users’ needs and concretizes the actual benefit of an AI-supported LMS.