Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Staff Mentoring and Teaching Effectiveness in Public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined utilization of Artificial Intelligence in staff mentoring and teaching effectiveness in Public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlation research design. The area of the study was public Universities in Rivers State. The population of the study consisted of 1,186 senior lecturers in three universities in Rivers State, which consists of Rivers State University, University of Port Harcourt and Ignatius Ajuru University. Sample size of 302 senior lecturers from the three Universities were drawn from the population using simple random sampling technique. Two structured instruments titled ‟ Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Staff Mentoring (UAISM)” and “Teaching Effectiveness in Public Universities (TEPU) were used to elicit data from the respondents. The instrument was validated by experts in educational management. The reliability of the instrument gave a Cronbach Alpha index of 0.77 and 0.73 which was considered reliable. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation in answering the research questions while the null hypotheses formulated were tested using Pearson product moment correlation Analysis. The findings of the study revealed that, utilization of AI in situation staff mentoring and traditional mentoring, positively influence teaching effectiveness in Universities in Rivers State. Based on the findings, It was recommended among others that, Heads of Departments and Deans of faculties in the various Universities should encourage the Utilization of AI in collaboration and synergy among lecturers for improved teaching effectiveness.