Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies have been employed to simulate human decision-making processes to improve people’s lives. Accordingly, AI knowledge and related competence are crucial, especially for students pursuing information technology (IT) and computer-related degrees, since they will eventually be the next generation of AI designers or users. While the importance of AI technology and its applications have been widely discussed and explored, AI technology in Vietnam is in a nascent stage due to the shortage of skilled experts and the reluctance to adopt AI applications by businesses. Thus, the primary objective of this study was to explore the knowledge of and competence in AI among Vietnamese university IT students. A total of 206 university students from software engineering and computer science programs participated in this study. The results indicate the need for a focused effort to establish a strong foundation for a comprehensive and accessible AI mandatory course plan for IT students.
Highlights
Vietnam had a population of approximately 96.5 million people as of 2019, and about 70% were under 35 years old [1]
The results showed that the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) value was.91, Bartlett’s test of sphericity was significant (p
The findings mentioned above indicate that a lack of enrollment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related classes at school could be preventing them from obtaining formal information on AI technology
Summary
Vietnam had a population of approximately 96.5 million people as of 2019, and about 70% were under 35 years old [1]. Recent statistical information indicates that there are about 1.53 million college and university students in Vietnam [2]. The development of digital technology has changed people’s lives since the last decades of the 20th century, and these people are known as digital natives. Identified by [3] in 2001, digital natives are defined as people who were born and ‘‘have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers [and they] are all native speakers of the digital language of computers, video games, and the Internet’’ Given the above definition of digital natives, there is no doubt that our current college and university students will have lived with different technologies and relevant applications throughout their lives.
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