CHEMISTRY STUDENTS' AWARENESS, ACCESSIBILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

This study investigated Chemistry students’ awareness, accessibility and utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in Colleges of Education in South-West Nigeria. The study was guided by three research questions and three hypotheses. This study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population consisted of 834Chemistry students from five Federal College of Education, with a purposive sample of 340 students (94 males, 246females) from three Colleges of Education. Students’ awareness, accessibility and utilization of artificial intelligence for learning Chemistry (SAAUAILC) adapted from Enebechi et al. (2024) and Zudonu et al. (2024) was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts in relevant areas. The internal consistency reliability index of SAAUAILC was established as 0.80 using Cronbach Alpha. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that there are low level of awareness, accessibility and utilization of AI resources amongst Chemistry students. Gender had no significant influence on Chemistry Students' awareness, accessibility and utilization of artificial intelligence. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended amongst others that government should organize workshops, conferences and seminars in Colleges of Education for increased students’ sensitization and integration of AI in learning Chemistry.