Digitally Transforming Higher Education: From Traditional Textbooks to Interactive AI-Based Cinemas

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

2026 Intelligence in Business and Industry Ibi 2026

Publication Date

4-28-2026

Abstract

Higher education continues to rely heavily on lecture-based instruction and static textbooks, approaches that often fail to sustain student engagement or support experiential learning. Although cinema has been used in education as a supplementary resource, existing practices do not systematically transform core academic content into cinematic form. This paper proposes an AI-driven interactive cinema framework that converts traditional textbooks into curriculum-aligned educational films enriched with subtitles, terminology explanations, and scenario-based learner interactions. Grounded in a qualitative co-design methodology involving Information Systems experts and educators, the study identifies key pedagogical and technical requirements and translates them into a modular, scalable system architecture. The proposed framework integrates textbook knowledge extraction, generative AI-based cinematic content creation, branching decision logic, and learning analytics within existing learning management systems. By positioning cinema as a primary instructional medium rather than an add-on, this work advances current approaches to AI in education and offers a future-ready model for enhancing engagement, experiential learning, and theory-practice integration in higher education.

ISBN

[9798331571979]

Publisher

IEEE

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Education

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence in Education, Digital Transformation, Educational Technology, Experiential Learning, Generative AI, Higher Education, Interactive Cinema, Textbook Transformation

Scopus ID

105046197703

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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