NEXUS AMONG TEACHERS’ ENGAGEMENT VARIABLES, PERCEIVED EASE OF USE AND ATTITUDE TO USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Quests for quick response and timely solutions to varieties of problems facing human races have called for use of Artificial Intelligence. It was against this background that the study examined the relationship between Teachers’ Engagement, Perceived Ease of Use and Attitude to use of artificial intelligence in public secondary schools in Osun State. Expo facto design of correlational type was adopted for the study. The population is comprised of all teachers in public secondary schools in Osun State. Four hundred teachers were sample from the online respondents. Two instruments were used: Teachers’ Engagement and Perceived Ease of Use of AI Scale As well as Teachers’ Attitude to use of Artificial Intelligence Questionnaire. Both instruments were validated using Cronbach Alpha with reliability coefficient of 0.91 and 0.78 respectively. Multiple regressions were used to analyze data collected. It was found that attitude to use of AI accounted for by the predictor variables is approximately 88.7% and it is significant. Three independent variables contributed significantly to prediction model at 0.05 Alpha level. The findings show that there is a relationship between the independent variables and Teachers’ Attitude to use of AI in Secondary Schools. It was recommended that AI technology should be made available in the schools to encourage Teachers’ Engagement and improve Teachers’ Attitude to its usage