Adoption and Impact of ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: A Case Study on a Database Administration Course
The irruption of GenAI such as ChatGPT has changed the educational landscape. Therefore, methodological guidelines and more empirical experiences are needed to better understand these tools and know how to use them to their fullest potential. This contribution presents an exploratory and correlation...
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| description | The irruption of GenAI such as ChatGPT has changed the educational landscape. Therefore, methodological guidelines and more empirical experiences are needed to better understand these tools and know how to use them to their fullest potential. This contribution presents an exploratory and correlational study conducted with 37 computer science students who used ChatGPT as a support tool to learn database administration. The article addresses three questions: The first one explores the degree of use of ChatGPT among computer science students to learn database administration, the second one explores the profile of students who get the most out of tools like ChatGPT to deal with database administration activities, and the third one explores how the utilization of ChatGPT can impact in academic performance. To empirically shed light on these questions the student’s grades and a comprehensive questionnaire were employed as research instruments. The obtained results indicate that traditional learning resources, such as teacher’s explanations and student’s reports, were widely used and correlated positively with student’s grades. The usage and perceived utility of ChatGPT were moderate, but positive correlations between students’ grades and ChatGPT usage were found. Indeed, a significantly higher use of this tool was identified among the group of outstanding students. This indicate that high-performing students are the ones who are using ChatGPT the most. So, a new digital trench could be rising between these students and those with a lower degree of fundamentals and worse prompting skills, who may not take advantage of all the ChatGPT possibilities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-af1115dc6625465a99fb1de3b0ca12bc2025-08-20T02:53:22ZengMDPI AGAI2673-26882024-11-01542321233710.3390/ai5040114Adoption and Impact of ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: A Case Study on a Database Administration CourseDaniel López-Fernández0Ricardo Vergaz1Department Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSISI Calle Alan Turing s/n (Ctra. de Valencia, Km. 7), 28031 Madrid, SpainUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid, Departament Electronic Technology, GDAF-UC3M. Avenida de la Universidad, 30 (edificio Sabatini), Leganés, 28911 Madrid, SpainThe irruption of GenAI such as ChatGPT has changed the educational landscape. Therefore, methodological guidelines and more empirical experiences are needed to better understand these tools and know how to use them to their fullest potential. This contribution presents an exploratory and correlational study conducted with 37 computer science students who used ChatGPT as a support tool to learn database administration. The article addresses three questions: The first one explores the degree of use of ChatGPT among computer science students to learn database administration, the second one explores the profile of students who get the most out of tools like ChatGPT to deal with database administration activities, and the third one explores how the utilization of ChatGPT can impact in academic performance. To empirically shed light on these questions the student’s grades and a comprehensive questionnaire were employed as research instruments. The obtained results indicate that traditional learning resources, such as teacher’s explanations and student’s reports, were widely used and correlated positively with student’s grades. The usage and perceived utility of ChatGPT were moderate, but positive correlations between students’ grades and ChatGPT usage were found. Indeed, a significantly higher use of this tool was identified among the group of outstanding students. This indicate that high-performing students are the ones who are using ChatGPT the most. So, a new digital trench could be rising between these students and those with a lower degree of fundamentals and worse prompting skills, who may not take advantage of all the ChatGPT possibilities.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-2688/5/4/114educational technologiesChatGPTGenAI |
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| title | Adoption and Impact of ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: A Case Study on a Database Administration Course |
| title_full | Adoption and Impact of ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: A Case Study on a Database Administration Course |
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| title_short | Adoption and Impact of ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: A Case Study on a Database Administration Course |
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