AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR TEACHING BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The need to adopt digital and innovative approach to the pedagogy of business education informed the decision of the researcher to assess the awareness and utilization of artificial intelligence for teaching business education courses in tertiary institutions in Kano state, Nigeria. Two research questions, and two null hypotheses guided the study. The researcher adopted descriptive survey research design, while the sample comprised 60 business education lecturers drawn from three tertiary institutions offering Business Education programme in Kano state. Census sampling technique was used to select the respondents. A structured questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and independent samples t-test statistics. Findings revealed that business education lecturers’ awareness of artificial intelligence tools was at low level. It was also revealed that business education lecturers’ utilization of artificial intelligence tools was at very low level. Finally, the study recommended that authorities of tertiary institutions should organize regular training and workshops for business education lecturers on the effective utilization of artificial intelligence tools for teaching and improving students’ academic outcomes. It was also suggested that there should be provision of adequate resources for business education lecturers to effectively integrate artificial intelligence tools in the teaching and learning process.