Exploring the Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Advantages and Hurdles

Abstract

A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers related to the study of the variables Higher Education and Artificial Intelligence in Latin America. The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2017-2022 by Latin American institutions, achieving the identification of 121 publications. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures, categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors on the proposed topic is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that Mexico, with 38 publications, was the country with the highest scientific production indexed in Scopus by authors affiliated with Latin American institutions, while Brazil and Colombia occupy the second and third place with 28 and 24 published documents, respectively. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material related to the study of Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education in Latin America was Computer Science with 85 published documents, and the most used Publication Type during the period indicated above were Conference Articles with 63% of the total scientific production.