The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Universities: Transformations, Returns and Preparation for the Future

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 139 - 148, 20.03.2025

Sahure Gonca Telli , Samet Aydın

Abstract

This article provides a comprehensive review of using artificial intelligence in universities. The potential of artificial intelligence in education for personalized learning, data-based decision-making, accelerating academic studies, and developing solutions to social problems is discussed. In addition, strategies for the difficulties that universities may encounter when integrating artificial intelligence, such as infrastructural deficiencies, ethical issues, and access inequalities, are discussed. This study is a descriptive research and focuses on the use of artificial intelligence in universities; it outlines how universities should develop an adaptation strategy in this process by addressing the possible effects, opportunities, and challenges on learning methods and processes. The study can also be considered as a guide to understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on universities of the future and to optimize the role of this technology in educational processes.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, Universities, Educational technologies

Üniversitelerde Yapay Zekânın Kullanımı: Dönüşümler, Getiriler ve Geleceğe Hazırlık

Abstract

Bu makale, yapay zekânın üniversitelerdeki kullanımına dair kapsamlı bir inceleme sunmaktadır. Yapay zekânın eğitimde kişiselleştirilmiş öğrenme, veriye dayalı karar alma, akademik çalışmalara hız kazandırma ve toplumsal sorunlara çözüm geliştirme konularındaki potansiyeli ele alınmıştır. Ayrıca, üniversitelerin yapay zekâ entegrasyonu sırasında karşılaşabilecekleri altyapı eksiklikleri, etik sorunlar ve erişim eşitsizlikleri gibi zorluklara yönelik stratejiler tartışılmaktadır. Bu çalışma betimleyici bir araştırma olup üniversitelerde yapay zekânın kullanımına odaklanmaktadır; öğrenme yöntemleri ve süreçleri üzerindeki olası etkileri, fırsatları ve zorlukları ele alarak üniversitelerin bu süreçte nasıl bir adaptasyon stratejisi geliştirmeleri gerektiğini tartışmaktadır. Çalışma, ayrıca yapay zekânın geleceğin üniversitelerine etkisini anlamak ve bu teknolojinin eğitim süreçlerindeki rolünü optimize etmek için bir rehber olarak düşünülebilir.

Keywords

Yapay Zekâ, Üniversiteler, Eğitim Teknolojileri, Öğrenme, Araştırma

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