The Reality of using Artificial Intelligence in Educational Research from the Point of View of Graduate Students at the College of Education at Taif University

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the reality of using artificial intelligence in educational research from the point of view of graduate students at the College of Education at Taif University. The study sample consisted of 32.8% of the study population consisting of (128 male and female students) enrolled in the master’s degree- at the College of Education- Taif University In the specializations of (educational leadership, pedagogy, educational policies, special education, curricula, teaching methods and educational techniques) in the second semester of the academic year 1444-1445 AH, and using the questionnaire tool, the research concluded the following: 1- That students use artificial intelligence to a high degree in all stages of research. 2- One of the most important problems in using artificial intelligence in research is related to reliability and security, and the lack of a clear policy for applying artificial intelligence in educational research. 3- One of the most important controls that students believed should be available (formulation The Artificial Intelligence Ethics Document, the establishment of the University Center for Artificial Intelligence Ethics, and the enhancement of cyber security skills for the educational researcher, while there are no statistically significant differences between the sample members in their responses to the questionnaire axes due to specialization and level While the most widely used artificial intelligence program in educational research was Chat GPT, it affected the reality axis without the rest of the axes. Among the most important recommendations reached by this study: establishing a university center for the ethics of artificial intelligence, drafting a document on the ethics of artificial intelligence in educational research, and adding it as a course for students. Undergraduate and postgraduate studies