AI-Assisted Writing in Education: Ecosystem Risks and Mitigations

While the excitement around the capabilities of technological In a recent review that mapped the design space of IIWAs [5], the advancements is giving rise to new AI-based writing assistants, ecosystem dimensions were identified as important, and involve: the overarching ecosystem plays a crucial role in how they are "the overarching sociotechnical context in which the writer and adopted in educational practice. In this paper, we point to key the tool are situated, encompassing a range of complex, ecological aspects for consideration. We draw insights from interdependent actors that frequently play a role in the extensive research integrated with practice on a writing feedback functioning of the writing assistant". However, there was sparse tool over 9 years at a university, and we highlight potential risks empirical evidence in the literature on how this ecosystem when these are overlooked. It informs the design of educational manifests, given the novelty of GenAI IIWAs in particular.