An AI Chatbot to Help Graduate Students

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Thanks to Jotform AI Agent Builder, I am pleased to introduce Norman, my AI Chatbot for my research students! Most busy grad students are working at all hours and weekends. NormanAIOwl will be available for help.

Teague's AI Chatbot named Norman

As with all learning tools, there are Advantages and Considerations for using Chatbots in Learning Spaces:

Advantages

  • Centralizes content and resources
  • User experience is faster than search
  • Can be replicated and modified for a variety of audiences or topics
  • No coding experience required for basic build

Considerations

  • Requires significant planning and design
  • Integrating into a website requires technical background
  • Requires regular maintenance and updates, often weekly

(Stanford University, 2021)

Here is a basic sample chat screenshot of NormanAI in action!

Teague NormanBot conversation

 

The students in my research course are learning across four time zones and outside of the U.S. Currently, I am tinkering with my languaging so that Norman-bot is not reflecting only the university’s time zone (for example, it could potentially be confusing for a grad student to read “Good Morning” when it is night-time where they are accessing the course).

Here are peer-reviewed research and application resources to learn more about AI Chatbots in Educational Spaces,

Peer-reviewed
Davar, N. F., Dewan, M. A. A., & Zhang, X. (2025). AI chatbots in education: challenges and opportunities. Information, 16(3), 235. https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/16/3/235

Debets, T., Banihashem, S. K., Joosten-Ten Brinke, D., Vos, T. E., de Buy Wenniger, G. M., & Camp, G. (2025). Chatbots in education: A systematic review of objectives, underlying technology and theory, evaluation criteria, and impacts. Computers & Education, 105323.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105323

Application Resources

Chatbots as a Teaching Tool- Stanford University, (2021). https://teachingresources.stanford.edu/resources/chatbot-as-a-teaching-tool/
Edutopia, 2025. Helping students navigate new technology responsibly. https://www.edutopia.org/video/using-ai-chatbots-in-the-classroom/

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