AI Literacy

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AI literacy studies the knowledge and judgment people need to understand how AI works, use it effectively, recognize its limitations, and make informed choices about its social effects. Common approaches include scaffolded courses, project-based and no-code activities, prompting instruction, simulations, and exercises that expose learners to AI errors; studies assess these through experiments, surveys, classroom artifacts, and analysis of human-AI interactions. Work spans K–12 and higher education as well as professional settings, with growing attention to trust, privacy, environmental costs, equity, and governance. A central tension is that familiarity or confidence using AI does not guarantee sound understanding or calibrated reliance, while extensive assistance can support immediate performance yet bypass learning or widen differences between users.

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  1. Google, AI Literacy, and the Learning Sciences: Multiple Modes of Research, Industry, and Practice Partnerships

    Apr 8, 2026Victor R. Lee, Michael Madaio, Ben Garside +19AI LiteracyAI in Education

    Stanford University · Google Research · Raspberry Pi Foundation +5

  2. Train Yourself as an LLM: Exploring Effects of AI Literacy on Persuasion via Role-playing LLM Training

    Apr 3, 2026Qihui Fan, Min Ge, Chenyan Jia +1AI LiteracyPersuasion in Language Models

    Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University · College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University

  3. Trust and Reliance on AI in Education: AI Literacy and Need for Cognition as Moderators

    Apr 1, 2026Griffin Pitts, Neha Rani, Weedguet MildortTrust in AIGenerative AI in Education

    North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA · University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

  4. Rethinking AI Literacy Education in Higher Education: Bridging Risk Perception and Responsible Adoption

    Mar 31, 2026Shasha Yu, Fiona Carroll, Barry L. BentleyAI LiteracyResponsible AI

    School of Professional Studies, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, 01610, MA, USA · Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YB, Wales, UK · Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, 02115, MA, USA

  5. Exploring Student Perception on Gen AI Adoption in Higher Education: A Descriptive Study

    Mar 29, 2026Harpreet Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Satwant Singh +4Generative AI in EducationAI Literacy

  6. Where Does AI Leave a Footprint? Children's Reasoning About AI's Environmental Costs

    Mar 28, 2026Aayushi Dangol, Robert Wolfe, Nisha Devasia +3AI LiteracyResponsible AI

    University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA · Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ, USA · University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  7. Beyond Detection: Rethinking Education in the Age of AI-writing

    Mar 26, 2026Maria Marina, Alexander Panchenko, Vasily KonovalovGenerative AI in EducationAI Literacy

    AIRI · Skoltech · Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

  8. From Understanding to Creation: A Prerequisite-Free AI Literacy Course with Technical Depth Across Majors

    Mar 19, 2026Amarda ShehuAI LiteracyAI in Education

    Professor of Computer Science; Vice President and Chief AI Officer, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

  9. Beyond Passive Viewing: A Pilot Study of a Hybrid Learning Platform Augmenting Video Lectures with Conversational AI

    Mar 10, 2026Mohammed Abraar, Raj Abhijit Dandekar, Rajat Dandekar +1Educational TechnologyAI in Education

    Vizuara AI Labs

  10. The Trilingual Triad Framework: Integrating Design, AI, and Domain Knowledge in No-code AI Smart City Course

    Mar 5, 2026Qian Huang, King Wang PoonGenerative AI in EducationHuman-AI Collaboration

    Lee Kuan Yew Center for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design

  11. A debate game about societal impacts of Artificial Intelligence

    Mar 4, 2026Carole Adam, Cedric LauradouxAI LiteracyEducational Technology

    MCF, LIG, Univ. Grenoble-Alpes · Univ. Grenoble-Alpes, INRIA Privatics

  12. Transforming GenAI Policy to Prompting Instruction: An RCT of Scalable Prompting Interventions in a CS1 Course

    Feb 17, 2026Ruiwei Xiao, Runlong Ye, Xinying Hou +4Generative AI in EducationAI Literacy

    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States · University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada · University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States +1

  13. From Diagnosis to Inoculation: Building Cognitive Resistance to AI Disempowerment

    Feb 16, 2026Aleksey KomissarovAI LiteracyAI in Education

    Neapolis University, Pafos, Cyprus