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by Lucila Abreu, Fravilli Giuliano and Gabriela Pascaner
Diffit is an AI tool that allows teachers to create student-ready resources from simple prompts in seconds. These resources are comprised by a wide array of options such as reading activities, lexical definitons, creation of mind-maps, discussion oriented questions, etc. It can be accessed for free on a web browser but it does keep some of the available features behind a premium subscription.
about ai generated learning materials
about ai generated learning materials
Learning materials created purely by AI have seen a raise in popularity along online and asynchronous learning (Netland et al., 2024). These AI tools aim to hasten the creation process teachers go through by expediting the time needed to craft a personalized lesson. Some approaches state that if teachers were able to provide students' preferences data, the AI would be capable of creating personalized material tailored for each student (Binhammad et al., 2024). However, there are some potential risks if teachers were to cease control of the creation of learning materials to an AI tool. It has been stated that generative AI's way of identifying pattern and generating content is still fraught with inaccuracies, bias, or unfairness (Huang et al., 2025).
BENEFITS ☑️
Personalized Learning: Diffit automatically adapts content to different reading levels, helping meet diverse student needs within the classroom.
Time-Saving for Teachers: Reduces the workload by quickly generating differentiated materials, including summaries, vocabulary lists, and comprehension questions.
Improves Accessibility: This website makes complex texts accessible to students with varying reading abilities, such as students with lower levels of English or students with learning disabilities.
Drawbacks ❌
Drawbacks ❌
Oversimplification: Automatically generated content may oversimplify the original text, affecting the depth and accuracy of information.
Limited Features: The free version of Diffit has a rather limited set of features, but you get a 60 day free trial when you create a new account.
Over-Reliance on Technology: Relying on Diffit too much could reduce teacher engagement in the differentiation process, potentially weakening pedagogical intentions and connections.
HOW TO USE
HOW TO USE
Here you can find a short tutorial on how to use this tool.
Ideas on how to incorporate Diffit to a lesson plan
Context: 5th grade students in a private primary school, working with a CLIL approach. Within the Science content, students are being presented with a new unit about The Solar System.
Using Diffit, the teacher can create:
- Visuals that can be used as prompts to assess students' prior knowledge on the topic.
- A text with some basic information about the solar system, which can be adapted for the group's needs. This way, learners start getting familiar with the new topic.
- Activities to focus on key lexical items, whose meaning students can infer from the text. Then students can apply the new vocabulary in meaningful contexts.
- Activities to check comprehension of more specific information in the text, where learners account for their answers, thus improving their reading skills.
References
Binhammad, M. H. Y., Othman, A., Abuljadayel, L., Mheiri, H. A., Alkaabi, M., & Almarri, M. (2024). Investigating how generative AI can create personalized learning materials tailored to individual student needs. Creative Education, 15(07), 1499–1523. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2024.157091
Huang, Q., Lv, C., Lu, L., & Tu, S. (2025). Evaluating the quality of AI-Generated Digital Educational Resources for university teaching and learning. Systems, 13(3), 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems13030174
Netland, T., Von Dzengelevski, O., Tesch, K., & Kwasnitschka, D. (2024). Comparing human-made and AI-generated teaching Videos: An Experimental study on learning effects. Computers & Education, 105164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105164
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