ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE OF INTERACTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING: EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCE OF NIGERIA UNIVERSITY LECTURERS

Abdulyakin Tukur Murtala; Habibat Abubakar Yusuf; Abdulmunin Abubakar Lawal; Habeeb Tiamiyu

doi:10.46662/jass.v12i2.575

Abdulyakin Tukur Murtala Department of Educational Management University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria
Habibat Abubakar Yusuf Department of Educational Management University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria
Abdulmunin Abubakar Lawal Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Habeeb Tiamiyu Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46662/jass.v12i2.575

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Interactive Learning, Google Classroom, Microsoft Team, ChatGPT

Abstract

This study investigated artificial intelligence and the future of interactive teaching and learning: exploring the experience of Nigeria University lecturers. The study was based on mixed methods approach and concurrent mixed-method research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised all lecturers in both private and public universities in Nigeria across all disciplines. Using random sampling technique, 60 lecturers each from six universities in North and South zone was selected as the sample for this study. Methods of data analysis adopted were thematic, frequency and percentages statistics. The findings among others revealed that Google Classroom ranked first with a percentage score of 53.12 was the most utilised AI tool among lecturers while Microsoft Team with a percentage score 12.79 was the least adopted; and internet accessibility with a percentage score of 59.67 was the predominant challenges faced by lecturers in Nigerian universities while resistance to change with a percentage score of 6.23 was the least challenge among lecturers in Nigerian universities. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that lecturers should sustain their effort in the use of Google Classroom and explore other options of AI tool like ChatGPT, Learning Management System, Google Meet as well as Zoom; and universities should make concerted efforts to provide internet accessibility to lecturers as well as students to promote the adoption of AI among lecturers as well as students in the University.