Investigating tertiary students' perceptions about ChatGPT use in higher education: Bangladesh Perspective

1. To investigate the perceptions of tertiary students' ChatGPT use in higher education.2. To investigate the consequent effects of ChatGPT use on students in tertiary education.Research Questions: The fulfillment of the research aims and objectives is guided by the research questions [72,73].Openended and exploratory, qualitative research questions seek to comprehend a phenomenon's "how, what, or why" rather than merely measuring it [74].Furthermore, research questions are formulated in accordance with the study objectives, according to Johnson & Christensen [75].As a result, this study's research questions are constructed as below:1. What perceptions do students have of ChatGPT use in tertiary education?2. What are the consequent effects of ChatGPT use on students in tertiary education?To make sure that their opinions were grounded in personal experience, the students had to utilize this application to finish a few activities before answering the surveys.The authors first asked students to respond to an open-ended inquiry with their opinions in their own words so that authors could freely explore their ideas.After that, a thematic analysis of their comments was conducted to determine the pertinent perceptions, advantages, and disadvantages of ChatGPT.The results of this theme analysis were then utilized to create a questionnaire that asked students to provide a numerical ranking of these impressions, benefits, and drawbacks.To help researchers and educators learn about relevant ChatGPT characteristics in the classroom along with the key findings and recommendations for further research, a framework for using ChatGPT was created.The remainder of this research is described as follows after this introduction.The overview and usage of ChatGPT in higher education are covered in the second section.The methodology is then described in the third section.The thematic analysis with findings is then presented in the fourth segment.The discussions are finally summarized in the fifth part followed by implications, limitations, future research directions, and conclusion. Literature ReviewChatGPT integration: An AI chatbot called ChatGPT was developed by OpenAI [76]."Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT)" is the name given to a language processing framework that has been created using a ton of data to produce language similar to that of a human [77].Again, [78] claimed that an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called ChatGPT is remarkably sophisticated, sensitive, and valuable for understanding and producing natural human language.On the other hand, an artificially intelligent technology called ChatGPT employs the analysis of natural language to resolve disputes.Because of this, it generates information more conversationally, absorbs information from those interactions, and can deliver increasingly precise, tailored responses.This technology can compose essays and emails, translate papers and code, and create poetry, among other things.Unlike previous chatbots, ChatGPT can react immediately, fostering more vibrant and diverse conversations on various subjects.According to [79], it is possible to customize ChatGPT to carry out particular functions like text production, language translation, and question-answering, and it is a flexible tool that may be used in a variety of industries, including education, thanks to its capacity to comprehend and react to natural language input.They again revealed that it is valuable because ChatGPT can be used for many things in the classroom, like language translation, discussion, summarizing, and text production.It is a technology