Immediate Gains, Lasting Impact: Deploying AI-Powered Personalization to Transform Student Experience in Higher Ed

The current era presents an exciting opportunity for higher education. Numerous promising use cases have emerged over the past two years that can specifically enhance instructional methods and lesson plan delivery by using AI. This development coincides with alarming declines in student retention, achievement of learning outcomes, and graduation rates, particularly in the post-COVID context. While AI continues to change rapidly, the conventional pedagogy and instructional methods continue to lag, specifically with respect to AI adoption for student engagement. We propose that through the quick adoption and integration of AI tools and the emphasis on personalization suggested by the VARK learning model, educators can immediately improve student learning outcomes. We demonstrate this by showing a few quick use cases for this technology as well as how it can leverage the VARK model to yield immediate results.