The Digital Education Council defines 5 dimensions of AI literacy – Campus technology

The Digital Education Council defines 5 dimensions of AI literacy

A recent report of Digital Education CouncilA global community devoted to “revolutionizing the world of education and work thanks to technology and collaboration”, provides an AI literacy framework to help higher education establishments to equip their constituents with fundamental IA skills. The framework “adopts a man -centered approach to the literacy of AI, emphasizing the importance of human skills such as critical thinking, creativity and emotional intelligence”, according to the organization's website.

The report describes five dimensions of AI literacy, or “the essential knowledge and skills necessary to understand, interact with and critically assess AI technologies”. These dimensions are:

1. Understand AI and data: This includes “understanding the functioning of AI systems, the principles of collection, processing and interpretation of data, and the implications of the exit generated by AI,” said the DEC. “Mastering this field allows individuals to make a critical commitment with AI tools, assess their capacities and limits and make informed decisions on their use.”
2. Thought and critical judgment: The skills here include “the ability to assess the content generated by AI, discern biases and apply logical reasoning when using AI in decision -making”.
3. Use of ethical and responsible AI: Key areas here understand “understanding of AI ethics principles (such as equity, transparency, responsibility and privacy), recognition of potential risks (such as biases, discrimination and disinformation), and the implementation of responsible use practices”. The DEC has also been important, “navigation on regulatory and institutional directives to ensure compliance and integrity in AI applications”.
4. Human centricity, emotional intelligence and creativity: The emphasis is placed here on “the importance of human skills in an AI -focused world, in particular empathy, adaptability, communication, learning throughout life and state of mind”. The DEC noted: “Like AI automatizes tasks, human -centered skills become essential to maintain ethical decision -making, promote inclusive and various absence infensi practices and guarantee that AI align with societal values.”
5. Domaine expertise: The emphasis is placed here on “the specialized knowledge and skills necessary to understand, assess and manage the impact of AI in a specific academic or professional context. It includes the ability to critically assess AI applications in a given discipline, to adapt AI tools to improve professional practices and to navigate in the ethical, regulatory and operational challenges specific to the field.

In the report, the DEC also breaks down the sequential levels of competence for each of the five dimensions of literacy, with examples of actions that institutions can take to progress. He also describes executives specifically for teachers and students, as well as for teaching strategies to raise students to competence in AI. The full report is available Here on the December site (Recording required).