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A SWOT analysis of ChatGPT: Implications for educational practice and research

Farrokhnia, M., et al. (2024). A SWOT analysis of ChatGPT: Implications for educational practice and research. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 61(3).

FOUND

A structured SWOT: ChatGPT’s strengths (personalization, access) and opportunities set against weaknesses (accuracy, bias) and threats (integrity erosion, over-dependence).

MEANS

The SWOT format made it boardroom-ready — trustees and provosts could actually use it, which is rarer than it should be in this literature.

SI DATA

A serious institutional SWOT should include infrastructural legibility: our Academic Database Recognition 2026 documents the ladder new institutions climb (swot\u2192Wikidata\u2192ROR\u2192OpenAlex) \u2014 strategic positioning means little if the academic infrastructure can\u2019t find you.