Enhancing Effective Teaching and Learning Delivery in Technical Vocational Education and Training [TVET] through Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) will sooner or later become an indispensable technology.  This study focused on enhancing effective teaching and learning delivery in Technical Vocational Education and Training [TVET] through artificial intelligence. Three research questions and three null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study.  The study adopted survey research design. The study was conducted at Faculty of Vocational Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. A 34-item structured questionnaire titled “Enhancing Effective Teaching and Learning Delivery in Technical Vocational Education and Training [TVET] through Artificial Intelligence (ETLSDAI)” developed by the researchers was used for data collection on 70 purposively sampled people made up of 20 lectures and 50 students of the Faculty of Vocational Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The questionnaire was face-validated by three experts from the Faculty of Vocational and Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. A Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire items and indices of the instrument yielded 0.85 reliability coefficient value was obtained using SPSS version 22. This showed that the instrument was reliable and appropriate for administration. All the 70-questionnaire administered to the respondents were returned. This represents a return rate of 100%. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions; while z-test was employed to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The major finding of the study was that artificial intelligence enhances the effective teaching and learning delivery in Technical, Vocational Education and Training [TVET] at University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Based on the finding, it was recommended that artificial intelligence should be incorporated in the teaching and learning of TVET courses at the Faculty of Vocational and Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.