A successful study requires an efficient study organization. Not all students succeed in this, especially in distance learning scenarios. In the DIAS project, a digital intelligent assistant for studying and teaching is to be developed. The AI-based assistant will accompany students, motivate them and enable them to better organize and successfully complete their studies. It serves as a planner, communicator, analyzer and motivator. The assistant is being developed in close cooperation with all stakeholders and tested as a model in two degree courses at the University of Applied Sciences Ansbach. An app and an information terminal are to be implemented as exemplary output channels at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences.

In a current research project at a German university, a digital study assistant based on conversational AI is being developed. In this research project, four main application areas of the digital assistant are planned: communicator, for answering questions, conversation, and mentoring; a planner, for performing time and task management and course planning; a motivator, for actively managing learning success with gamification elements; and an analyzer, for processing necessary information about the student's study progress. In order to identify different application examples and possibilities for these four areas of the digital study assistant, the aim of this paper is to conduct a literature review. In addition to application examples and possibilities, implementation goals and the improvement of study results through such applications were researched.