ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) INTEGRATION AS A PANACEA FOR HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS’ DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS IN SAINT AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA

Abstract

The study investigates Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration as a panacea for higher education students’ digital literacy skills Saint August University of Tanzania. Two specific objectives and two research questions were adopted for the study. The population of the study. The population of the study comprised 1004 respondents, 360 students were drawn from the population. Questionnaire tagged: Artificial Intelligence integration: panacea for higher education students digital skills literacy (AI) (PHESDSQ) were the instrument used for data collection, validity were carried out by experts in Measurement and Evaluation as well as expert in Educational Foundation Saint Augustine University of Tanzania, reliability ranging from 0.74 – 0.82 were obtain using Cronbach alpha coefficient. The results of the analysis revealed that preparations of students in the usage of AI and the impact of AI based learning tools significantly influence the utilization of AI in the actualization of university goal. The study recommends that management of university and organizations should adopt the usage of AI in order to assist students’ productivity and creativity.