العوامل المؤثرة على قبول المعلم لاستخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي في التعليم في ضوء النظرية الموحدة لقبول و استخدام التكنولوجيا (UTAUT)‎

Abstract EN

The present study aimed at identifying the factors influencing teachers’ acceptance of the use of artificial intelligence in education in light of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT).

A descriptive approach was employed by means of administering the theory scale on a sample consisting of (446) male and female teachers at Yanbu Governorate.

The results revealed that teachers had high degrees of acceptance for the use of artificial intelligence in education, and that certain factors (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions) had positive impact on the teachers’ voluntariness of use of artificial intelligence in education.

It was also found that the most influencing factor on the teachers’ voluntariness of use of artificial intelligence in education was performance expectancy, followed by effort expectancy, then social influence, and finally facilitating conditions.

The results also indicated that there were statistically significant differences among the participants’ responses in identifying the voluntariness of use of artificial intelligence in education attributed to the variable of gender in favor of female teachers, while there were no statistically significant differences among the participants’ responses in identifying the voluntariness of use of artificial intelligence in education that could be attributed to the variables of age, years of experience, or educational specialization.

In light of these results, the study put forth the following recommendations: the expansion of using artificial intelligence applications in education based on the acceptance of both teachers and learners, the adoption of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology in making the decisions related to integrating different educational technologies, and developing the infrastructure and the provision of the necessary resources for integrating artificial intelligence applications in education