ChatGPT in Higher Education: Towards the Future of Technology-Facilitated Learning

Quan Chen; Yahua Li; Junrui Qiu; Meining Yan

doi:10.54097/ah2tf031

Authors

Quan Chen
Yahua Li
Junrui Qiu
Meining Yan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/ah2tf031

Keywords:

ChatGPT, artificial intelligence, high education, technology-facilitated learning.

Abstract

The world is gradually transitioning to an intelligent digital age these days, and ChatGPT’s artificial intelligence is always improving. Through extensive textual data analysis, ChatGPT is able to produce natural language, respond to a range of queries, and deliver pertinent information. With its robust features, ChatGPT is currently being used extensively in the field of technology for chatbots, virtual assistants, automated response systems, and other applications. It has also been utilized extensively in higher education. ChatGPT has been instrumental in advancing the digital transformation of education in schools. It gained prominence in the field of education and garnered significant interest from the academic community. It also presents opportunities and some problems to the higher education sector at the same time. Based on this, the application of ChatGPT in higher education is used in this article to contextualize the trend of educational digitization. It then goes on to explore the obstacles, opportunities for future development, and appropriate actions that ChatGPT is now facing in higher education. It looks at a variety of topics, including instructional modalities, fields, and objects, and offers advice on how to incorporate ChatGPT into currently available educational materials to increase student learning effectiveness. There is a certain reference value and relevance to this kind of digital education.

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