UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY IN AN ACADEMIC WRITING CLASS: HOW DO INDONESIAN STUDENTS PERCEIVE?
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| Sumber Gambar: Dokumentasi Pribadi |
ABSTRACT
Research
shows that artificial intelligence (AI) technology positively influences
students’ writing skills,
but this area has yet to be touched by Indonesian researchers. This study aims
to map perception, obstacles, and recommendations
for optimizing use of AI in teaching academic writing
in Indonesian. This article focuses on a case study of three senior high
schools in Central Java,
Indonesia. It employs quantitative and qualitative data. The researcher
collected the data using
questionnaires presented with Likert scale, followed by an in-depth interview
through mobile instant messaging interview. Findings
show that (1) AI-based learning tools help students to do academic research, especially in the
planning step, to identify and develop the topics, as well as in the drafting step, to develop a
paper draft, (2) AI-based learning tools are deemed flexible
in accessibility despite not being able to cover all necessities required by
students in writing process, (3) students are
interested in using AI technology in academic writing class so that learning process will not be boring.
Although AI has been used in academic writing classes, tools have not positively impacted quality of
students’ academic papers in all indicators. There are several obstacles to using AI, namely (1)
need for more available feature, especially in editing Indonesian text, and (2) in contrast, the
features still need to be optimized. These are the recommendations for the optimization of
AI-based learning tools, which are (1) adding features to edit Indonesian text, including spelling,
diction, and sentence structure, and (2) enhancing AI literacy to be able to explore and leverage
the existing features optimally. This research has yet to accommodate the possible coverage in
checking the originality and accuracy of the written product assisted by AI-based learning tools,
which could become a focus for future researchers.
Keywords:
perception, AI technology, learning tools, academic writing
*Published at Contemporary Educational Technology - Journal
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