Artificial Intelligence in the Transformation of Higher Education: Threats, Promises and Implementation Strategies

Abstract

As an emerging technology marked by rapid advancements, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to profoundly transform higher education, particularly after the emergence of ChatGPT at the end of November 2022. Because of its immense power, it poses greater expectations and challenges than any technological advancement in the past. Thus, this paper aims to identify and discuss the need for AI-driven transformation, its challenges as well as policies and expectations of AI's successful integration into teaching and learning. This study examined recent literature and policy documents mostly published after ChatGPT's launch. This study may assist students and instructors in promoting awareness of the importance of ethical, positive and productive AI applications. Besides, the findings of this paper may aid in developing and adopting appropriate educational policies, improving curricula and training pre-service and in-service instructors in adopting knowledge, competencies and strategies for the efficient integration of AI in the teaching process. Thus, the study may help build a strategy for integrating AI systematically into higher education processes and contributing to the transformation of higher education.

Citation

Bećirović, S. and Mattoš, B. (2024), "Artificial Intelligence in the Transformation of Higher Education: Threats, Promises and Implementation Strategies", Lytras, M.D., Serban, A.C., Alkhaldi, A., Malik, S. and Aldosemani, T. (Ed.) Digital Transformation in Higher Education, Part A (Emerald Studies in Active and Transformative Learning in Higher Education), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 23-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83549-480-620241002