Prof. Syh-Jong Jang
Center for General Education, Asia University, Taiwan, China
Title: Using ChatGPT to develop university instructors' TPACK and students’ self-regulated learning
Abstract:
ChatGPT has gained popularity on social media and proves to be a valuable resource in higher education, assisting students in understanding and evaluating topics by offering topic-specific information, suggesting undiscovered aspects, and introducing new research topics. However, there are currently limited studies on ChatGPT generating text and creating scientific teaching resources in the context of science education. Moreover, there is no research on how university students or teachers apply it to influence teachers' teaching or students' learning ability. The study aimed to explore how a university instructor used the ChatGPT flipped model to impact university students' perceptions of the instructor’s TPACK and students' self-regulated learning (SRL) ability in a general education course. The research indicates that ChatGPT can assist the university instructor in sourcing text materials, facilitating class discussions, and providing individualized guidance. Additionally, ChatGPT helps the instructor find various topics and offers rich and diverse teaching content suggestions. ChatGPT provides an effective target structure, facilitating quick access to required information and reducing search time. It also assists students in finding various topics, offering suggestions, explanations, and aiding in task organization. While it offers different types of subject information and aids in task completion, students should self-evaluate the text information provided by ChatGPT to ensure correctness and suitability. Despite functioning as an artificial intelligence environment, it lacks the ability to empathize with users. The research implications of this study are presented along with relevant suggestions.
Keywords: ChatGPT, University flipped classrooms, TPACK, Self-regulated learning, Mixed analysis
Biography:
Syh-Jong Jang now is a Distinguished Professor at Asia University in Taiwan. He received his PhD in Science Education from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He served associate dean of International College and the director at Center Of Cross-Strait Academic Exchange, Asia University. He also served Co-Chair and Review Committee in the Field of Science Education of MOST, Taiwan and obtained the highest Teacher Research Award from Chung Yuan Christian University. He was invited as Honor Lecture on Teaching in the Graduate School of Education at Peking University and Honor Lecture on Teaching in the School of Education at Shaanxi Normal University. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Georgia, USA and FT PGDE(P) Program External Examiner-The Hong Kong Institute of Education. His research expertise is information technologies and TPACK from pre-service and in-service teacher level. He has published a lot SSCI-index research papers which focus on technology in teacher education and innovative science teaching in all levels. These published Journals include Computers in Human Behavior, Computers & Education, BJET, AJET, Educational Research, Higher Education, International Journal of Science Education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, etc. He also grants many research projects from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.