Utilization of Artificial Intelligence on Instructional Preparation by Business Educators in Cross River State

The future of education is AI. As technology continues to advance, the use of AI in education is becoming more prevalent. It is necessary that every educator key into AI or miss out. This article therefore, was ascertained the utilization of artificial intelligence in instructional preparation by business educators in Cross River State. Three specific purposes, research questions and hypotheses were developed for the study. Descriptive survey design was used. The population of the study comprised eighty-nine (87) Business Educators (51 male and 36 female) in four (4) tertiary institutions in Cross River State. The instrument for data collection was a researcher’s self-designed 4-point rating scale questionnaire title: Questionnaire on the Utilization of Artificial intelligence in Instructional Preparation (QUAIIP). The instrument was validated by three (3) experts and further tested for reliability which produced a coefficient of 0.87. Data were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test to test the null hypotheses. Findings revealed that there is high extent in the perception of business educators on the utilization of AI in instructional preparation. Paradoxically, there was a low extent in the utilization of AI for instructional preparation; both in educational content creation and personalized instruction. There was no significant difference in the perception of business educators in colleges of education and universities on the utilization of artificial intelligence in instructional preparation. There was no significant difference in the extent of utilization of artificial intelligence in educational content creation and personalized instruction based on gender. It was recommended among others that there should be a collaboration between schools and AI manufacturers in developing appropriate skills to help educators in the utilization of AI in education. Received: 2 December 2024 / Accepted: 10 January 2025 / Published: 21 January 2025

Mathematics education · Programming language · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education · Computer Science · Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society · Online Learning and Analytics · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence