Utilizing Machine Learning Techniques to Predict University Students' Digital Competence

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Given the importance of possessing the digital competence (DC) required by the technological age, whether for teachers or students and even communities and governments, educational institutions in most countries have sought to benefit from modern technologies brought about by the technological revolution in developing learning and teaching and using modern technologies in providing educational services to learners. Since university students will have the doors to work opened in all fields, the research aims to know their level of DC in artificial intelligence (AI) applications and systems utilizing machine learning (ML) techniques. The descriptive approach was used, as the research community consisted of students from the University of Baghdad in its colleges with scientific and human specializations. To measure the level of DC, a questionnaire was applied as a data collection tool to a sample of 400 male and female students, distributed based on gender and academic specialization. The results showed that the sample students did not have high DC. Their possession of DC related to AI applications and systems was to a moderate degree. The results indicated that there were differences in the responses of the study sample members due to the gender variable and the specialization variable, in favor of the female students with scientific specialization.