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ChatGPT as an AI-enabled Academic Assistant: Attitude and Usage among Fisheries Students

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Title ChatGPT as an AI-enabled Academic Assistant: Attitude and Usage among Fisheries Students
 
Creator Das, Srichandan
Dr. Shivaji D. Argade
Dr. H K de
Radhakrishnan Kilodas
Biswajit Sahoo
Periyasamy Seenivasan
 
Description Educational landscape stands to undergo a profound transformation with the advent of ChatGPT, an AI-driven academic assistant which empowers students to access information, create content, and enhanced learning experiences. Compared to Google BARD and Bing Chat, ChatGPT emerges as superior choice for text-based content and language-related tasks, offering the potential to streamline academic endeavors and deliver personalized learning experiences. ChatGPT stands out for its versatility in academic settings. The study focused on how fisheries students perceive and utilize ChatGPT within their specialized field, employing a validated Technology Acceptance Model framework. Among 84 participants, mostly post-graduate students averaging 24.5 years of age, findings revealed that 75% had prior knowledge of ChatGPT, and 70 per cent reported using it. Notably, 38 % expressed highly favorable attitudes toward its usage. An independent t-test revealed gender differences in ChatGPT usage among fisheries students. Principal Component Analysis highlighted factors influencing ChatGPT adoption, such as innovativeness, perceived risk, anxiety, and academic integrity concerns among non-users, while users were driven by cognitive behaviour factors, perceived usefulness, attitude, peer influence, innovativeness, and ease of use. The findings deepen our understanding of AI assistants' acceptance and usage in academia, setting the stage for further research in this evolving field.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Extension Education, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
 
Date 2024-07-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer reviewed Research Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/152495
10.48165/IJEE.2024.60311
 
Source Indian Journal of Extension Education; Vol. 60 No. 3 (2024): Indian Journal of Extension Education; 54-59
2454-552X
0537-1996
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/152495/55024
 
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