Conversational AI as a catalyst for informal learning: An empirical large-scale study on LLM use in everyday learning
Open Access
- 22 June 2026
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
- Vol. 11
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- Technische Universität München
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