The Acceptance and Diffusion of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Literature Review

Abstract

The last century can be considered the era of technology. There are always new technologies blooming. The time span between the developments of technology shortened. The acceptance and adoption of each new technology can be different. However, the technology acceptance model (TAM) and diffusion of innovation theory (DOI) propose that there are some patterns for usage of any new technologies. Meanwhile, there is tremendous interest on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies after the ChatGPT trend. Thus, the purpose of is study is to explore the most current literature review of the acceptance and adoption of ChatGPT and Google Bard type Large Language Models (LLM) and generative AI by educational settings. The study used literature review methodology. The review was a systematic perspective which going through the study on acceptance and adoption of some popular technology in education settings in the current days. The review of the literature shows that there is an acceptance of the models in education but with doubts.