Although AI 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
- 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.
- What is AI Literacy? Competencies and Design Considerations: Research article from the Association for Computing Machinery.
- 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 AI? 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 AI.
Literacy Resources
- Elements of AI: Free online course to demystify AI from the University of Helsinki.
- AI in the Classroom – webinar series: AI 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.
Additional Resources
- Library Faculty Services
Among other services for faculty, the library maintains a set of pages related to various aspects of Artificial Intelligence including general overviews, or go to a specific topic by selecting one of the following links.
- Uses in Higher Education and AI Best Practices
- Course Policies Recommendations and Academic Integrity
- AI Tools and Resources
- The Intersection of AI and Education
Training and Professional Development
For further training and professional development opportunities please keep an eye out for email announcements. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact Marilyn Hudzina