The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the way students learn programming in recent years; however, a clear picture of how this technology is actually used on a day-to-day basis has rarely been systematically mapped. This study aims to map the artificial intelligence usage profiles of undergraduate students in Educational Technology within the Visual Programming course. A quantitative descriptive method was employed, involving 172 students as respondents. Data were collected via a 23-item Likert-scale questionnaire (1–5), and subsequently categorised using Azwar’s formula to determine low, moderate and high levels of usage. The results indicate that ChatGPT is the most widely used AI tool amongst students, accounting for 76.2% of respondents. Students use AI intensively, primarily to deepen their understanding of concepts they have not yet grasped, rather than merely to complete tasks instantly. Overall, students exhibited a high-category AI usage profile, with 77.3% of all research subjects falling into this category. These findings suggest that students do not merely use AI passively, but rather utilise it as an active and reflective learning companion; this can therefore serve as a basis for universities to formulate more targeted AI integration policies within their visual programming.
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