AI in higher education: Faculty perspective towards artificial intelligence through UTAUT approach

Ryan Clifford L. Perez
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Ryan Clifford L. Perez: Marinduque State College-Main Campus, Marindque

HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2024, vol. 14, issue 4, 32-50

Abstract: Applications of AI in higher education have been around for several years, and numerous studies have looked at the pedagogical potential that these applications can offer to support the learning processes. However, there are still concerns and misunderstandings about acceptance in higher education, particularly among faculty members, despite the growing number of studies and their opportunities for supporting the educational and learning process. This paper aims to investigate the Behavioral Intention (BI) of Higher Education Institution faculty (HEI-faculty) towards adopting AI from a pedagogical perspective. The hypotheses in this paper were tested using a technology acceptance model with four major constructs: Performance Expectancy (PE), Effort Expectancy (EE), Social Influence (SI), and Facilitating Conditions (FC), as well as the effects of four mediating variables: age, gender, experience, and voluntariness. The result has shown that the Behavioral Intention (BI) of adopting AI among HEI faculty has a strong positive significant correlation with PE, EE, SI, and FC. Interestingly, the social influence of adopting AI from colleagues has a strong influence on the use of AI for education. Thus, one of the proposed hypotheses was disproven. Furthermore, the result of this paper also suggests considerations for the future development of AI applications for HE.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; behavioral intention; effort expectancy; facilitating condition; higher education; performance expectancy; social influence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.14.4.2851.2024

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