AI-supported online teaching: an instructor's technology-integration skill is linked to student outcomes - structural-equation study

Using peer-reviewed structural-equation modelling, this study examines how an instructor's technology-integration competence relates to student performance in AI-supported online learning environments.

The finding: as an instructor's technology-integration skill rises, course outcomes improve, and the data show reported performance indicators rising when the use of AI tools is combined with instructor competence.

The explanation: this is an observational study and does not prove AI caused the outcomes. The practical implication is that investing in teacher training and technology-integration support may be more useful than simply introducing AI tools.