Content area
Aim
This study investigates the mediating role of artificial intelligence self-efficacy (AISE) in the association between AI literacy and learning engagemeg nursing students in higher education.
Background
The fourth technological revolution driven by AI has profound implications for healthcare education. Insufficient AI literacy and AISE among nursing students may hinder their learning engagement, yet empirical evidence on these relationships remains limited.
Design
A cross-sectional study.
Method
A convenience sampling method was used to select 2029 nursing students from 29 colleges in China from November to December 2024. A general information questionnaire, AI literacy scale, AISE scale and learning engagement scale were used to conduct the online questionnaire survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation test and Bootstrap method.
Results
Results show that AI literacy was positively correlated with AISE and learning engagement ( r = 0.462–0.435, P＜0.01) and AISE was positively correlated with learning engagement ( r = 0.537, P＜0.01). The indirect effect of AI literacy on learning engagement through AISE was 0.130, accounting for 20.44 % of the total effect.
Conclusion
The AI literacy of nursing students is suboptimal; thus, enhancing foundational AI education is essential. AI literacy directly predicts learning engagement, with AISE serving as a partial mediator. Educators should integrate AI training into curricula, provide practical scenarios and foster interdisciplinary collaboration to improve AI competency and engagement.
Details
Critical Thinking;
Literature Reviews;
Independent Study;
Factor Analysis;
Learning Motivation;
Likert Scales;
Academic Achievement;
Employment Potential;
Literacy;
Decision Making;
Artificial Intelligence;
Student Motivation;
Learner Engagement;
Educational Strategies;
Informed Consent;
Intelligent Tutoring Systems;
Influence of Technology;
Educational Technology;
Educational Change;
Career Development;
Correlation;
Ethics;
Data Analysis;
Educational Background
Literacy;
Students;
Careers;
Higher education;
Questionnaires;
Likert scale;
Medical education;
Artificial intelligence;
Learning;
College students;
Health care;
Decision making;
Self-efficacy;
Critical thinking;
Curricula;
Independent study;
Digital literacy;
Career development planning;
Nursing education;
Discriminant analysis;
Cross-sectional studies;
Nursing;
Ethics;
Colleges & universities;
Clinical nursing;
Bootstrap method;
Interdisciplinary aspects;
Scientific technological revolution;
Nurses;
Teachers;
Health services;
Mediation;
Sampling;
Artificial intelligence literacy
1 Department of Nursing, The Fourth Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, Hunan 410006, China
2 Department of Scientific Research,Hunan Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan 410006, China
3 Department of Faculty of Medical Device and Management,Xiangtan Medicine & Health Vocational College, Xiangtan, Hunan 411104, China
4 Department of chinese traditional medicine, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan 410006, China
5 Department of Nursing Education and Research, Sun Simiao Medical College,Tong chuan Vocational and Technical College, Tong chuan, Shanxi 727031, China
6 Department of Party and Government Office,Chongqing University of Chinese Medicine, Chongqing 402760, China
7 Department of Nursing college, Changde Vocational Technical College, Changde 415000, China