| Abstract: |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become indispensable aspect of everyday lives,
especially in higher institutions of learning. The thrust of the study was to examined
“Assessment and the Application of the Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
in improving the Lecture Notes of Academic Staff of Federal Polyphonic Ugep
(FPU)”. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of
the study were the entire academic staff of FPU from which the census method was
adopted to get a sample size of 165, instrument for data collection was a structured
questionnaire and was validated by two experts in the field of Mass Communication.
Reliability of the instrument was determined using test-retest method. Data were
analyzed using Simple percentage and Frequency Tables. The findings of the study
revealed that Half (51%) of Academic staff of FPU make use of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) in improving and updating their lecture notes and they make use of
Meta AI, ChatGPT, Google Scholar, Scopus, Grammarly, among others in doing
so, they are faced with several challenges such as digital divide, ethical and
academic integrity concerns, cost of implementation, and teacher training among
others, but despite this challenges, the success of AI for lecture notes improvement
in FPU is positive and has brought transformation of complex concepts in more
engaging ways, reduce preparation time, generation of high-quality instructional
content efficiently and more effective classroom delivery. The researcher therefore
recommends that: Federal Polytechnic Ugep decision makers should implement the
application of AI tools for teaching in the institution for all academic staff, they
should provide monthly allowance or data for all staff to enable them access AI tools
for quality academic performance and they should come up with training programs
like Continuous Professional Development Training (CPDT) for all staff that will
carry out training on AI tools to foster a thorough understanding of AI tools and their
proper use. |
