This AI Literacy Review looks at 1 million ChatGPT chats released in the WildChat dataset, 32,000 tweets about prompting, AI usage in the US, AI literacy for veterans and librarians, AI courses and resources, AI literacy and readiness frameworks, AI curriculum examples around the world, and more!
General
In The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI by Alexander Bick, Adam Blandin, and David J. Deming, a study of the first nationally representative survey of people in the U.S. of their adoption of Generative AI at work and home, the authors found that 39% of those ages 18 to 64 used Gen. AI, with ChatGPT the most commonly used program by far. The study discovered gender and age gaps as well, with 32% of men using it compared to 23% of women in the workplace. It also found gaps in education level and college majors, with twice the number of STEM and Business majors using it compared to Liberal Arts and other majors. In Generative AI embraced faster than internet, PCs, a Harvard Gazette article by Christina Pazzanese, she interviewed the authors and noted that men, younger people, more educated people, and those in white-collar jobs are more likely to use it.
The Maryland Department of Information Technology is offering free AI training to state employees, following after New Jersey made a similar move in July.
Adobe announces a new global initiative to expand their Digital Academy’s focus to AI literacy, content creation, and digital marketing skills, with the goal of helping 30 million people develop more in-demand skills by 2030.
Google and the ASEAN foundation launch an AI skills program designed to build AI literacy among 800,000 beneficiaries across 10 member states through a train-the-trainer approach and AI resource hub.
In Shh, ChatGPT. That’s a Secret. Your chatbot transcripts may be a gold mine for AI companies in The Atlantic, Lila Shroff discusses the dataset called WildChat, a collection of 1 million ChatGPT chats that researchers gathered [with permission, although it’s unclear if they knew the chats would be published in such a raw form] and posted on the Hugging Face site. The conference paper WildChat: 1M ChatGPT Interaction Logs in The Wild by Wenting Zhao et al. explains how researchers gathered the data and tried to ensure privacy while also enriching the dataset with data such as demographics and locations.
In “Wayfinding” through the AI wilderness: Mapping rhetorics of ChatGPT prompt writing on X (formerly Twitter) to promote critical AI literacies, Anuj Gupta and Ann Shivers-McNair study 32,000 tweets about prompt writing and present five themes about emerging AI literacy practices, and they highlight takeaways for digital writing teachers and researchers.
Jay Tarzwell is assisting veterans with building AI literacy skills and enabling them to use ChatGPT to convert their oral stories into writing through his CustomGPT designed for this purpose. (see Jay Tarzwell’s LinkedIn post)
On the Everyday AI episode Confronting AI Bias and AI Discrimination in the Workplace, Samta Kapoor from EY Americas discusses how the company is ensuring that their 400,000 employees get all the training they want on AI to help mitigate staff anxiety around AI and mitigate risks with using AI.
Resources
Online education platform Do That Dave launches a free self-paced AI course called Future Product Playground where students will use AI to imagine an innovative new product of the future, along with images, a business plan, a pitch deck, and elevator pitch. They also have a Basic Training course as an introduction to Gen. AI.
Darren Coxon launches a website, node.edu, with free introductory video courses on AI that give an idea of what’s possible now with AI tools.
Conor Grennan releases a one-page resource on how to talk to AI like a human who might be a sorcerer, with 5 magic prompts such as ‘conjure’ and ‘bionic’. (see Conor Grennan’s LinkedIn post)
John Swope releases AI MicroApps, a series of tools and resources built on a free, open-source license to help educators customize apps for their classrooms including rubric craters and critical thinking exercises. Educators can reach out with ideas for apps and/or sign up as a tester for an upcoming no-code version. (see John Swope’s LinkedIn post)
Code.org releases a short video series on YouTube about Gen. AI in partnership with Amazon.
The non-profit Partnership AI releases a Beyond the Code series produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Production that explains AI models and some of their impact on society.
Libraries
In Building the Path for the Last Mile: Developing Critical AI Literacy for Library Workers, Annie Pho and Wynn Tranfield look at AI tools and the role of librarians in being proactive in the AI space in higher education.
Education
EDUCAUSE publishes the working group paper AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning: A Durable Framework for Higher Education by Maya Georgieva, Michelle Kassorla and Allison Papini, which presents a comprehensive framework for AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning (ALTL) in higher education.
The AI Education Project (aiEDU) introduces an AI Readiness Framework defining AI readiness for students, educators, and school districts with key steps for these groups to become AI ready.
The Critical AI Literacy for Reading, Writing, and Languages Workshop, including members of the MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI, publishes Working Paper 3: Building a Culture for Generative AI Literacy in College Language, Literature, and Writing. There’s a two-page Student Guide to AI Literacy based on the working paper as well.
AI for Education’s webinar Building Student AI Literacy covers AI literacy fundamentals, essential AI skills for students, and curriculum integration strategies.
New Mexico State University Global Campus launches an AI for Beginners: Building AI Literacy paid online course covering the history of AI, key technologies, and ethics.
The Ministry of Education New Zealand releases a curriculum resource called Introduction to Artificial Intelligence as a starting point for teachers who want to incorporate AI into their curriculum, with versions in English and te reo Māori.
Australian schools can participate in Day of AI, a free, full day teaching program aimed at helping students to develop skills in AI.
On the Everyday AI episode Why AI Literacy is Essential for Parents and Kids in Education and Beyond, Jordan Wilson interviews Stephanie Worrell from AI-MPOWERU about AI and education and how parents can be prepared and help their children for the future.
In A four-step process to embedding AI literacy in business courses, John Murphy from the University of Adelaide discusses a case study of a business course in which undergraduate students were provided with a lecture, resources, and activities to develop their AI critical literacy.
In the journal article Artificial Intelligence for Academic Purposes (AIAP): Integrating AI literacy into an EAP module, Thu Ngan Ngo and David Hastie write about their 10-week AI for Academic Purposes module targeted at international students at a pathway college in Scotland.
In the journal article Development of an artificial intelligence curriculum design for children in Taiwan and its impact on learning outcomes, Hong-Guang Zhao, Xin-Zhu Li, and Xin Kang write about an AI curriculum made for children in Taiwan to enhance their foundational knowledge and skills in using Gen. AI. Their study of 30 elementary school students found that their knowledge increased by 63% and their projects had a high level of creativity.
Marin County, California, is offering educators AI training to prepare school leaders and teachers for understanding AI and its role in teaching and learning. They are launching two new interactive series called ‘AI for Maximizing Productivity’ and ‘AI for Deeper Learning’ following on from prior courses on AI principles and ethics.
Texas Alpha School, a high school in Texas, is using AI to create highly personalized learning for motivated students and leveraging adults as guides rather than traditional teachers.
In Critical AI Literacy is Not Enough: Introducing Care Literacy, Equity Literacy & Teaching Philosophies. A Slide Deck, Maha Bali compiles a slide deck with additional dimensions to her previous work on critical AI literacy.
Jason Gulya offers an activity for teaching close reading and AI literacy, asking students to take an AI manifesto, analyze it by marking it up in Word, then list their take-aways. Through this process, they are analyzing language and focusing on the author’s worldview and current cultural moment, which is a way to slow down and resist the rhetoric around this technology. (see Jason Gulya’s LinkedIn post)
Nick Potkalitsky describes how his students used AI in their senior capstone proposals and developed tech fluency in the process, which will be a key skill in their future careers. (see Nick Potkalitsky’s LinkedIn post)
