The critical role of trust in adopting AI-powered educational technology for learning: An instrument for measuring student perceptions

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Tanya Nazaretsky, Paola Mejia-Domenzain, Vinitra Swamy, Jibril Frej, Tanja Käser

Published: 01 Jan 2025, Last Modified: 20 May 2025Comput. Educ. Artif. Intell. 2025EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•We offer a tool to study student trust in AI-based educational tech (AI-EdTech)•Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with 665 students confirm its validity•Four factors determine AI-EdTech adoption: usefulness, obstacles, readiness & trust•Students' trust boosts perceived usefulness directly and via AI-EdTech readiness•Near neutral trust highlights areas to improve students' intention to use AI-EdTech