Assessment of Awareness and Adoption of Artificial Intelligence Tools for Enhanced Job Performance of Adult Educators in Rivers State-Owned Universities

Abstract

The study assessed the awareness and adoption of artificial intelligence tools for enhanced job performance among adult educators in Rivers State-owned universities. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 22 adult educators in the Departments of Adult Education and Community Development, Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. The entire population of 22 adult educators was studied without sampling because of its small and manageable size. A questionnaire titled “Awareness and Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools for Enhanced Job Performance among Adult Educators Questionnaire” was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts. Cronbach Alpha method was used to test the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded reliability indexes of 0.84 and 0.81. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, and the null hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The study found out that adult educators in Rivers State-owned universities are moderately aware of AI tools. However, the extent of utilization is low. The study also found out that adult educators were concerned about the ethical implications of using AI in education. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that further research should be carried out on how to tackle the ethical challenges of using artificial intelligence in education.