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AI as a Smart Assistant: A Systematic Literature Review of Design Students in Creative Programming

Authors
Vania Hefira1, *, Hadi Purnama1
1Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, Tangerang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: vania.hefira@umn.ac.id
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Vania Hefira
Available Online 18 March 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-612-8_5How to use a DOI?
Keywords
artificial intelligence; creative programming; design students; PRISMA
Abstract

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) fields has further expanded their integration into design fields. Emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) are now being used as part of creative mediums. Despite the growing trend, there are still limited boundaries defined for of AI’s role in design contexts. This systematic literature review explores AI’s role in creative programming classes for design students with no prior knowledge in programming. The study follows the PRISMA framework guideline, reviewing journals indexed in Scopus from January 2020 to April 2025, written in English, and clearly defined the use of AI in creative programming education. The results show that AI is used as a smart assistant to generate programming code and support personalized learning experience in programming. However, the use of AI also promotes increasing reliance on the technology itself, potentially limiting student’s ability to develop their own coding solutions. The main implication that can be taken from this study is a recommendation on how to use and limit AI usage in design education.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference and Exhibition of Innovation in Media and Visual Design (IMDES 2025)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
18 March 2026
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978-94-6239-612-8
ISSN
2667-128X
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-612-8_5How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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