While GenAI has demonstrated numerous advantageous effects in education, there are still some concerns regarding the benefits of GenAI on student engagement. This research addresses this gap by thoroughly examining the distinctive impact of novel GenAI on both student engagement and disengagement in the classroom. The study focuses on first-year and second-year students from the European University of Lefke, with a total of 250 usable responses collected, representing an 81.7% response rate out of 306 questionnaires distributed to registered students. Utilizing SmartPLS software version 4.32, the data analysis employed the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) technique to scrutinize the proposed hypothesized model.
