Analysis of Higher Education Student’s Attitude Towards AI-Based Educational Intervention for Learning
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The AI revolution is bringing about further technological innovation that is changing the face of education. This tendency makes it necessary to do research on how students view its application. Thus, the purpose of this study was to find out how college students felt about its use in teaching, learning, and research. This work was premised from the foregoing; thus, the study investigates student’s attitude towards AI-based educational intervention for learning. Three questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The descriptive survey design was used. The population was 15,875 higher education students in the University of Port Harcourt and a sample of 150 students was randomly drawn using a stratified sampling technique based on gender. Student’s attitude towards AI-based education intervention for learning Scale was used to obtain the data. Validities was ensured using expert judgement and empirical evidence of factor analysis. Cronbach alpha was used to obtain a reliability coefficient of 0.82. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and one-way ANOVA. The result showed that 98% representing majority of students had a positive attitude towards AI-based educational intervention for learning and research. Result further showed that gender and age did not have a significant influence on students’ attitude. It was accordingly recommended among others that educators should familiarize themselves with AI-based educational interventions and their potential benefits to effectively incorporate them into their teaching practices while students should take advantage of AI technology opportunities to learn about its applications in learning and research.
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