APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS TO MONGOLIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR

Abstract

In this study, experimental research was conducted in order to examine the applications of AI tools that suitable and interesting to use in teaching and learning activity. AI related two short videos were prepared in advance. 6.35 minutes video content, which interacted by virtual avatar created with AI video makers like D-Id and Synthesia was presented to the experimental group while the control group had another 7.00 minutes video recorded in Microsoft teams by a lecturer. Teaching faculty’s perception towards virtual avatar was also taken into account. During the online learning, lecturer’s facial expression and body language at the time is visible to all students. 
Lecturers were uncomfortable to teach in front of camera in a studio setup. Virtual avatars can be one possible solution to facilitate this situation. In order to evaluate the effects of the virtual avatar in teaching, student's learning outcomes were measured using end-of-course assessment questions. In this experiment, total 176 students in the School of Business Administration and Humanities of MUST were participated. Microsoft Excel, SPSS22 was used for data analysis such as descriptive statistics, difference analysis and regression analysis. The result of paired sample t-test concluded that the appearance of a virtual avatar had improved student’s perception of course satisfaction by 11.4 percent than control group members.