Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the top of the agenda for education leaders today in educating the next generation across the globe. However, public understanding of AI technologies and how to define AI literacy is under-explored. This vision poses upcoming challenges for our next generation to learn about AI. On this note, an exploratory review was conducted to conceptualize the newly emerging concept “AI literacy”, in search for a sound theoretical foundation to define, teach and evaluate AI literacy. Grounded in literature on 18 existing peer-reviewed articles, this review proposed four aspects (i.e, know and understand, use, evaluate, and ethical issues) for fostering AI literacy based on the adaptation of classic literacies. This study sheds light on the consolidated definition, teaching, and ethical concerns on AI literacy, establishing the groundwork for future research such as competency development and assessment criteria on AI literacy. Copyright © 2021 ASIS&T receives an exclusive publication license.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 504-509 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | Oct 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Citation
Ng, D. T. K., Leung, J. K. L., Chu, K. W. S., & Qiao, M. S. (2021). AI literacy: Definition, teaching, evaluation and ethical issues. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 58(1), 504-509. doi: 10.1002/pra2.487Keywords
- AI literacy
- AI learning and teaching
- AI in education
- AI ethics
- AI literacy questionnaire