The impact of artificial intelligence amongst higher education students
Nilsone, Amanda (2023)
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023060116981
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023060116981
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This thesis is about how artificial intelligence is impacting students in universities and universities of applied sciences. Artificial intelligence has developed a lot in the past years, each day loads of new tools and software are released. It has been taken into use also among teachers and students and can offer great advantages in education. The idea of the topic came from articles and Tik Tok videos on students using ChatGPT.
The aim of the theoretical framework was to find out how the use of artificial intelligence can benefit students, and what tools can be used for educational purposes. Also, what possible risks and ethical issues exist. The theoretical framework first describes artificial intelligence in general, after which it focuses on artificial intelligence in education. Different artificial intelligence tools and their usage are introduced. Also, the advantages and disadvantages of using them in education are included.
A mixed method research was applied to the research, and a survey was chosen as the method to collect primary data, after considering the possible risks of the method. By conducting a survey, the aim was to find out how students perceive using artificial intelligence in their learning experience, and whether it has affected their learning outcomes. Also, whether the students think that the use of artificial intelligence can affect the future available professions in their study field.
The research showed that the most used artificial intelligence tool for studies is ChatGPT. The students learning experiences with artificial intelligence are rather positive. And the learning outcomes with artificial intelligence are mostly positive or neutral, but some do think artificial intelligence affects their skills and outcomes. Most students think artificial intelligence can replace a part of the future jobs in their field or affect them to a certain extent. While hospitality students think their future jobs cannot be replaced, information technology students think the opposite.
The aim of the theoretical framework was to find out how the use of artificial intelligence can benefit students, and what tools can be used for educational purposes. Also, what possible risks and ethical issues exist. The theoretical framework first describes artificial intelligence in general, after which it focuses on artificial intelligence in education. Different artificial intelligence tools and their usage are introduced. Also, the advantages and disadvantages of using them in education are included.
A mixed method research was applied to the research, and a survey was chosen as the method to collect primary data, after considering the possible risks of the method. By conducting a survey, the aim was to find out how students perceive using artificial intelligence in their learning experience, and whether it has affected their learning outcomes. Also, whether the students think that the use of artificial intelligence can affect the future available professions in their study field.
The research showed that the most used artificial intelligence tool for studies is ChatGPT. The students learning experiences with artificial intelligence are rather positive. And the learning outcomes with artificial intelligence are mostly positive or neutral, but some do think artificial intelligence affects their skills and outcomes. Most students think artificial intelligence can replace a part of the future jobs in their field or affect them to a certain extent. While hospitality students think their future jobs cannot be replaced, information technology students think the opposite.