The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Learning: A Case Study at the University of Petra

Recently, a noticeable trend of using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) within the educational field has raised interest to study the shape and impact of this utilization. This study investigates the opinions of Information Technology (IT) undergraduate students about the utilization of GAI during the learning process, focusing on their perception of the quality of produced information, challenges and concerns while using it, how they utilize it during learning, and long-term impact of using GAI. An electronic survey was distributed as a Google from to undergraduate students from five IT programs at the University of Petra. The results of 122 students revealed that 82% use GAI while learning. The main use of GAI (80% of respondents) was for solving programming problems, while 66% of respondents use GAI to write reports and express their ideas. The majority (86
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) of participants evaluate the presented information from GAI before using them, since they believe that sometimes the information is incorrect. 89% of respondents believe that they can learn from GAI tools, however, 95% of them feel it is necessary to train them on the proper utilization of GAI in education, and, 76% think that regulations must be released about the acceptable use of GAI.