Global Journal of Human Social Science, G: Linguistics and Education, Volume 25 Issue 3
ChatGPT in Moroccan Education Sector: Examining the Attitude of Student Acceptance and Usage Intent Global Journal of Human-Social Science ( G ) XXV Issue III Version I Year 2025 14 © 2025 Global Journals a study conducted by Zhang et al. (2024) delve into the impact of personal ethics, particularly those influenced by religiosity, on behavioral intentions towards technology. Their research indicates that moral evaluations strongly affect the acceptance and usage of technology. Therefore, religious students may fear that embracing AI technologies like ChatGPT which is the case for this study, could lead to unethical practices, such as spreading misinformation or cheating, which is considered 'haram' or forbidden in Islam. Accordingly, it is hypothesized that: H11: Student Religiosity Moderates the Relationship between Attitude towards using ChatGPT and Behavioral Intent to use it. IV. M ethods a) Procedures We collected data using a questionnaire by asking people to rate their agreement and disagreement with various statements on a scale of 1 to 5 ("Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree."). The questionnaires were delivered in French, the primary language used in Morocco (Chetioui et al., 2020). Also, the survey was translated from French to English by using back- translation technique (Tian et al., 2022) to ensure the english version accurately reflected the original French questions. This ensured clear communication with all participants. By providing the questionnaire in both French and English, we aimed to facilitate participation and understanding among all respondents. This approach helped minimize any potential misinter- pretations of the questions and ensured consistency in responses across participants. The survey was for the most part distributed through DMs on social media like facebook, instagram, linkdin and emails to the participants. This has been a very convenient and effective method, bearing in mind the time factor we had, sampling the amount of information required in the study. Appendices are provided for reference. b) Sample and Data Collection ChatGPT is becoming increasingly used in various industries, including universities. Choudhury and Shamszare (2023) point out that many occupations within academic institutions are using ChatGPT. Given the rapid growth of ChatGPT use among students, we have selected to study a sample consisting of Moroccan students to test the above model. We have adopted a nonprobability sampling method that integrated both self-selecting and snowball sampling. Based off the previously cited work, respondents were self-selected and participated of their own accord. Additionally, all questions on the survey were mandatory to answer to ensure that our data remained free of any inconsistencies. The sample size of our study consisted of Moroccans currently residing in Morocco. The results are as follow: For the Demographics part, The survey included a total of 286 respondents, with a gender distribution nearly even at 51.4% female and 48.6% male. In the study, most participants are students in higher education. Among them, 43.4% are under- graduates, 52.1% are graduates, and 4.5% are PhD candidates. The majority of participants, 57%, are between 18-24 years old, while 40.2% are aged 25-34, indicating a young participant base. When it comes to attitudes towards ChatGPT, a large number of participants, 130, strongly agree with its use for learning, and 129 agree. However, there are some who are neutral (13), disagree (10), or strongly disagree (4) with its use. Concerning addiction to ChatGPT, 120 strongly agree and 99 agree that they feel addicted, while 25 strongly disagree and 10 disagree. Regarding integration into activities, 118 find it very likely, and 139 think it's likely, while a few are neutral (15), unlikely (11), or very unlikely (3). In terms of usage, 143 participants frequently use ChatGPT, 108 use it occasionally, 32 rarely use it, and only 3 have never used it. Lastly, on accessibility, 135 find ChatGPT absolutely accessible, 142 say it's accessible in some cases, and only 9 find it not accessible.
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