An AI Chatbot for My Graduate Curriculum Class

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       The students in my graduate research course are learning across four time zones and in locations outside of the U.S. As a conversational support when I am offline, an AI Chatbot was designed for my graduate Curriculum Evaluation class. Design and set-up was accomplished with Jotform.

      This AI Chatbot was train on specific questions and answers and previous questions and answers from the original course administration in the Spring.

Here is a short, wordless, demo video (to avoid background noise, mute the sound).

To increase student agency with the Chatbot, graduate students are currently contributing names for the Chatbot to replace the current name, “Agent 554.” You are invited to participate in the poll: https://tinyurl.com/NameAgent554

Naming Agent 554 by Teague

https://tinyurl.com/NameAgent554

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 Agent 554 in action!


Currently, I am tinkering with my languaging so that Agent 554-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/

Jotform: http://jotform.com (Thank you Jotform!)

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