The rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence in various industries and the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in recent years have prompted highlighted interest in training and supporting university students to develop industry-oriented AI literacy competencies.
Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education serves as a go to guide for university key stakeholders, such as students, academics and professional support staff seeking to develop their AI literacy skills. Chapters provides the reader with applicable strategies and evidence-based practices through a comprehensive collection of international higher education case studies. The case studies offer innovative approaches in teaching AI literacy in a broad spectrum, and discipline specific approaches. Each case study is also complemented by the contributors own reflections. The intention is to promote deeper engagement and critical thinking.
Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education sheds light on an under explored topic and helps the reader acquire a deeper understanding of the topic of current interest AI literacy Education in higher education. It offers practical guidance and innovative solutions in this area through showcasing impactful case studies.
Foreword; Sean McMinn
Part
1. An Overview of AI Literacy Education in Higher Education
Chapter
1. Introduction; Thomas K.F. Chiu, Xianghan O'Dea, and Davy Tsz Kit
Ng
Chapter
2. An Overview of Teaching AI Literacy to University Students; Julius
T. Nganji, Lamis F. Al-Qoran, and Kfukfu Nsangong
Chapter
3. AI literacy and GenAI Literacy Frameworks; Xianghan ODea and Davy
Tsz Kit Ng
Part
2. Teaching AI Literacy to Staff and Students
Part 2.1. AI Preparedness for Staff and Educators
Chapter
4. Equipping the Next Generation: A Pre-service Teacher Education
Program in Integrating AI Literacy across The Curriculum; Harshith B Nair -
RETRACTED
Chapter
5. Academic Staff AI Literacy Development through LLM Prompt
Training; Louise Drumm and Ashkan Sami
Chapter
6. A Framework-based Cross-institutional CPD for Academic Staff in
Gen - AI Literacy, Critical Inquiry and Authentic Assessment; Roisin Donnelly
and Ita Kennelly
Part 2.2. AI Literacy Training for Students across Subject Disciplines
Chapter
7. AI Literacy in Learning and Educational Technology; Andy Nguyen,
Timofey Shalpegin, Joni Lämsä, and Ridwan Whitehead
Chapter
8. AI in Supply Chain Education; Timofey Shalpegin and Andy Nguyen
Chapter
9. Setting Standards: Developing AI Literacy Skills at Level 4;
Aimee-Leigh Youngson and Vicki Harvey
Chapter
10. Evaluating a Global Citizenship Course on Developing Business
Students AI Literacy Skills; Anthony Chun Hin Ching, Sau Wai Law, and Davy
Tsz Kit Ng
Chapter
11. From Data to Story: Leveraging LLM-powered Chatbots for Learning
Business Data Analytics and Visualization in Mathematica; Fei Du, Jinwen Luo,
and Sophy Xiaofei Wang
Chapter
12. Cultivating AI Literacy Skills: How GenAI Tools Prepare Students
in Humanities and Social Sciences to Write with Ethical and Critical Insight;
Yunying Yang, Miaoyan Yang, and Jinwen Luo
Chapter
13. Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence into Teaching and
Assessment: A Case Study from a University in the UK; Tadhg Blommerde, Elenia
Charalambous, William Bright, Ellie Musgrave, Lilian Ueno, and Teagan Magee
Chapter
14. Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: A Legal Education
Perspective; Craig Smith
Part
3. Innovative Approaches in Teaching AI Literacy through Targeted
Teaching Activities
Chapter
15. Learning AI Literacy in Collaborative Projects with an AI
Education Tool by Making Machine Learning-Driven Apps: A case study from
Finnish Pre-service Teacher Education; Jari Laru, Ismail Celik, Iiris
Kivioja, and Kati Mäkitalo
Chapter16. Structured Integration of AI in Brand Management Education: A
Constructivist Approach to Preventing Overreliance and Ensuring Active
Engagement; Chahna Gonsalves
Chapter
17. Using Generative AI tools to Develop AI Literacy in the Context
of Human-AI Collaborative Writing among Secondary Students; Xiaoxuan Fang and
Hao Deng
Chapter
18. A Proposed Six-Step Human-AI Hybrid Argumentative Writing
Framework in Higher Education: Enhancing Students Prompt Engineering
Techniques and Critical Thinking Skills; Yang Yin and Yan Jiahao
Chapter
19. Applied Generative AI for Interdisciplinary Projects; Jac Ka Lok
Leung
Chapter
20. AI-Assisted Programming and AI Literacy in Computer Science
Education; Chee Wei Tan, Mohammad Abdullah Matin Khan, and Pei-Duo Yu
Part
4. Conclusion
Chapter
21. Conclusion and Future Recommendations; Davy Tsz Kit Ng, Xianghan
O'Dea, and Rong Tang
Xianghan ODea is a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy, and Senior Lecturer in Management and Technology Education in the Department of Public Services Management & Organisation at Kings Business School. Her research focuses on AI in education (AIEd), with a particular focus on Generative AI and AI literacy; digital transformation and digital education. Xianghan (Christine) is Co-Editor-in-Chief of AI in Education (An Emerald Open Access Journal).
Davy Tsz Kit Ng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology at The Education University of Hong Kong. He has served as an IT Panel member at a secondary school and held positions as a Visiting Fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and University of Southampton. His research interests encompass (Generative) AI literacy, the metaverse, STEAM education, and technology-enhanced pedagogical innovation.