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Article Title: University of Ibadan Lecturers' Perception of the Utilisation of Artificial Intelligence in Education
by Adetunmbi L. Akinyemi and O. B. Ezekiel

Abstract:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one rapidly expanding field of knowledge that has the potential to drastically modify traditional methods across industries, including the academic sector, and the likelihood of it causing major changes means that we all must be increasingly prepared. Therefore, this study investigated how University of Ibadan lecturers perceive the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Nigerian educational system. The survey method was adopted for the study and the purposive sampling technique was used to sample members of academic staff in the university. Datawere collected from 97 lecturers, using a questionnaire titled �Lecturers' Perception of AI in Education (LPAIEd)� which had a reliability value of r=0.82. Results showed that lecturers� perception of AI in education is highly positive. While there are no doubts as to the immense benefits that AI could bring to the field of education, this study showed that there are some reservations on the part of some lecturers towards its adoption. However, it was also revealed that regardless of their reservations, lecturers are completely willing to adopt AI in education. In the light of these findings, it was recommended that training and orientation programmes be organised for lecturers to aid a better understanding of the possibilities of AI, while also ensuring that higher institutions of learning are more equipped with modern technologies as this will help lecturers gradually eliminate unease and foster confidence and competence in using technology.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI), University Lecturers, Perception, Education

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