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EXPLORING STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF USING AI ASSISTANT QUILLBOT AS PARAPHRASING TOOL FOR ACADEMIC WRITING
Recently, QuillBot has become a very popular AI assistant among students to help them with various assignments, the emergence of AI-based tools as writing tools is a new breakthrough that can be utilized in various ways, especially in paraphrasing academic writing more effectively and efficiently. Therefore, this study aims to explore students' perceptions of the use of the QuillBot AI Assistant paraphrasing tool in academic writing. This study uses a qualitative case study approach with the Technology Accepted Model (TAM), which includes three main constructs: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and behavioral intention. Data were collected through a questionnaire using a Likert Scale-Based scale distributed to 51 eighth-semester students who have used QuillBot as a paraphrasing tool in their academic writing and supported by the results of interviews conducted using purposive sampling techniques to dig deeper into their perceptions of using QuillBot as a paraphrasing tool in their academic writing. The results of the analysis in this study indicate that the majority of respondents have a positive perception of the usefulness and ease of use of Quillbot as a paraphrasing tool in their academic writing, including the features and access to QuillBot itself. In addition, this perception also influences their intention to continue using Quillbot in students' academic activities in the future as a supporting tool for academic writing between students.
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