Topic: Utah Tech Students' Use of AI
Goal: Find out to what degree students of Utah Tech are using AI, GPT, or LLMs in their academic or personal lives.
- Contractor, Zara, and Germán Reyes.
Generative AI in Higher Education: Evidence from an Elite College. IZA -
Institute of Labor Economics, 2025. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep71911.
Accessed 9 Sept. 2025. This paper has already done research at 80 different
colleges about AI, but focuses on how to implement its use without compromising
higher learning
- Nathan Ayele. The Usage of New AI
Technologies by College Students and Its Influence on Learning and Dependence.
2024. Honors Projects: Open Access (2019-present). Caldwell University
Archives, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.37312334. Accessed 9
Sept. 2025. This paper uses the same study that claims 80% of college students
use AI. It tests that AI was able to help improve scores, but dependency on AI
learning rose too high, preventing critical thinking skills
- De Spiegeleire, Stephan, et al. “WHAT
IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?” ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE OF
DEFENSE: STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED FORCE PROVIDERS,
Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, 2017, pp. 25–42. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep12564.7. Accessed 9 Sept. 2025. This paper
gives us better definitions of what AI actually is. It is important to define
the breadth of AI discussed.
- Bick, Alexander, et
al. “The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI.” SSRN Electronic Journal,
2024, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4964384.
This is the study most of the other papers are getting their numbers from. It
will be important for me to understand their methods
- UNESCO. “Regulating
the Use of Generative AI in Education.” Guidance for Generative AI in
Education and Research, UNESCO, 2023, pp. 18–23. JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep70313.9. Accessed 9 Sept. 2025. Ethics and
moral standing with AI in education
- https://utahtech.edu/ai/ I am not out to
get anyone in trouble, as this will be anonymous, but this is the question. Is
this being followed? Where are the strong/weak points
- Hu, De-Xin, et al. “Evaluating the
Effects of Generative AI on Student Learning Outcomes: Insights from a
Meta-Analysis.” Educational Technology & Society, vol. 28, no. 3,
2025, pp. 226–40. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/48827959.
Accessed 9 Sept. 2025. What are the learning trends due to different levels
of AI use?
