AI Literacy: Artificial Intelligence
AI Literacy
Although artificial intelligence tools have been increasingly incorporated into educational environments over the past years, the recent availability of Generative-AI to the general public has made the calls for AI Literacy ubiquitous.
General Overview
- AI is Confusing — Here’s Your Cheat Sheet: An overview of common AI related terms and why they matter.
- What I Mean When I Say Critical AI Literacy: A blog post by digital literacies thought leader Maha Bali.
- AI Literacy, Explained: Overview of how to begin developing AI literacy for educators.
- Teaching AI Literacy: How to Begin: A collaboration of Times Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed that suggests a starting point.
- AI Literacy Might be ChatGPT’s Biggest Lesson for Schools: From MIT’s weekly AI newsletter.
Components of AI Literacy
- Basic Understanding: Know the different types of AI, how they genrate results, and how their functions differ.
- How-to Use Generative-AI : What can you do with artificial intelligence? Apply basic AI skills to be used in different scenarios.
- Critical Evaluation of Generative-AI Outputs: Use higher-order thinking skills to evaluate, design, and predict generative-AI outputs. Critique and revise prompts to generate more focused results.
- Ethical and Societal Issues: Have students evaluate biases, fairness, transparency, privacy, and general impacts of AI in society, including how they can use AI ethically. Consider the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence.
Literacy Resources
- Elements of AI: Free online course to demystify Artificial Intelligence from the University of Helsinki.
- AI in the Classroom – Webinar Series: Artificial Intelligence in education and media literacy.
- AI4K12: Resources for K12 teachers provided by a joint initiative of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and the Computer Science Teachers Association.
- How to Develop AI Literacy Amongst Educators and Students: Suggestions for both the early adopters and those who are approaching AI more cautiously.
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