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| 작성자 | 대외홍보센터 | 작성일 | 2026-05-13 |
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“AI Evaluation Systems Reduce Teacher Authority but Strengthen Teacher?Student Collaboration”
- Pukyong National University research team publishes findings in an international journal

A new study has found that while AI-based evaluation systems reduce teachers’ authority in assessment, they also strengthen collaborative relationships between teachers and students.
A research team consisting of Yuan Peng, a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Consulting at the Graduate School of Pukyong National University, Gyun Heo, Professor at Pukyong National University, and Soon-An Hyun, Research Professor at Sunchon National University, published these findings in the paper titled “Reconstructing Teacher?Student Relationship in AI-Based Assessment Systems: Authority Transfer or Collaborative Evolution?”
The paper was published in the April issue of the international journal <KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)>. <TIIS> is an SCIE-indexed international journal in the fields of internet and information systems, and the study was included in the journal’s special issue titled ‘Generative AI Service Limitations & Improvement Technologies.’
The study empirically analyzed how AI-based evaluation systems change the relationship between teachers and students. The research team conducted a survey of 462 university students in Shaanxi Province, China, and used a structural equation model to examine the relationships among the use of AI evaluation systems, perceptions of teacher authority, and perceptions of teacher?student collaboration.
Meanwhile, doctoral student Yuan Peng of the research team has devoted herself to research since coming to Pukyong National University from China through the ‘Global PKNU Overseas University Faculty and Staff Graduate Degree’ Program. Following her receipt of the Outstanding Paper Award at the 2024 Fall Conference of the Korean Society for Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education for her study titled “Construction of a Language Laboratory Based on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Technologies,” she also published a paper in the KCI-indexed journal Journal of <Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education> with support from the 2025 PhiNX Protected Academic Fields Graduate Student Research Encouragement Scholarship Program. To date, she has continuously produced research achievements, including the publication of three KCI papers.
Research Professor Soon-An Hyun earned a doctoral degree in education from the Department of Educational Consulting at the Graduate School of Pukyong National University and has since been conducting research in the fields of educational technology, AI education, and educational assessment while serving as a research professor at Sunchon National University. In this study, she contributed to the theoretical and empirical interpretation of structural changes in teacher?student relationships within AI-based educational environments.
Professor Gyun Heo, who supervised the study, has conducted research centered on educational technology, AI-based education, big data analysis, and advanced quantitative research methodologies, while continuously mentoring graduate students and early-career researchers in publishing papers in both international and domestic academic journals. This achievement is regarded as a case demonstrating the AI education research capabilities and global research competitiveness of Pukyong National University’s Department of Fisheries and Marine Industry Education at the undergraduate level, as well as the graduate school’s Department of Educational Consulting and Department of Fisheries and Marine Human Resources Development. <Pukyong Today>


