Information source accuracy and trustworthiness are vital in undergraduates’ education in terms of how they seek teacher feedback and educational content. Nowadays, the infusion of technologies into education has led to convenient and easy access to learning materials in electronic libraries and web-based platforms or search engines. Undergraduates are expected to make rapid use of ground-breaking technologies to sift for academic information over the internet. With the advent of ChatGPT, it is estimated that undergraduates might rely on it for academic information. The theoretical study gauges the potential impact of Chat-GPT on the information seeking behavior of undergraduates and what it means for classroom engagement. To do this, we utilized the inquiry-based learning theory which emphasizes the active participation of learners in discovering new information. The study is one of the first to contribute to the ongoing discussions on the impact of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT on education.
ChatGPT’s Influence on Information-Seeking Behavior and Classroom Engagement
• Serve as an alternative tutor for students；
• ChatGPT’s ability to be fun and sociable might attract undergraduates to turn to the technology as their primary
information source；
• The personality of ChatGPT and its ability to exhibit emotion can be fascinating to undergraduates and draw them to use the technology for information；
• Promotes inclusivity；
•Provide deep and further information on varied topics for each student’s individual needs;
•Provide answers based on multilinguistic material, and break the boundary of language, facilitating collaborative learning;
•Students may be more relaxed while communicating with machine learning tools such as ChatGPT, hence, able to
learn at their own pace and develop motivation in learning.
