Volume 12, Issue 9 (September 2025), Pages: 180-185

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 Original Research Paper

A training system based on AI applications and chatbots: Impact on developing ethical awareness among postgraduate students

 Author(s): 

 Aisha Belihash Muhammad Alamari *

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Educational Technology, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

   Corresponding author's ORCID profile:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2149-6159

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.09.017

 Abstract

This study examined the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) applications on developing chatbot production skills and awareness of AI ethics among female postgraduate students. Using a quasi-experimental design, the research employed a cognitive test to measure AI knowledge, an observation checklist to assess chatbot production using Botmake.io, and an AI ethics questionnaire covering integrity and fairness, privacy and security, humanity, social and environmental benefits, reliability and safety, transparency and explainability, and accountability and responsibility. The sample included 38 randomly selected female postgraduate students from the Department of Educational Technology at Taibah University during the first semester of 2025. The results showed significant improvement in chatbot production performance and AI-related knowledge after the intervention. Moreover, students demonstrated a very high level of ethical awareness in all principles except accountability and responsibility, which were rated at a high level.

 © 2025 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Artificial intelligence, Chatbot production, AI ethics, Postgraduate students, Quasi-experimental design

 Article history

 Received 17 April 2025, Received in revised form 26 July 2025, Accepted 17 August 2025

 Acknowledgment

The author acknowledges Taibah University and the College of Education for their support and for providing the environment to implement this study. 

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

The study was conducted in accordance with institutional ethical guidelines and the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants were informed about the objectives and procedures of the study and provided informed consent prior to participation. Participation was voluntary, and data were kept confidential and used only for research purposes.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alamari ABM (2025). A training system based on AI applications and chatbots: Impact on developing ethical awareness among postgraduate students. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(9): 180-185

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