To promote students’ AI literacy, you may include activities focused specifically on AI fundamentals, such as an overview of AI concepts, technical basics, ethical issues, and societal impacts. You may present foundational knowledge on what AI is, how it functions, its limitations, and areas of potential bias or misuse and combine this with learning activities for students to explore these topics.

If you would like to include such activities in your teaching, you may find the following resources helpful:

📄 Slide deck on AI and ethics from UT

Dr. Maryam Amir Haeri is an Assistant Professor at the BMS faculty with expertise in data science and AI. Download her slide deck about the possible bias introduced into in AI output by data set selection.

Slides, activities and assignments from Mississippi AI Institute on AI basics, comprising the topics Introduction to GenAI and Ethical Challenges. Download the slides and replicate the activities using the worksheets provided.
Tips and tricks for responsible use of GenAI: The Npuls publication ‘Smarter education with AI’ (pp. 58-59) provides a summary of tips for the responsible use of GenAI. You may use them to discuss the topic with your students.
Classroom-ready resources from Stanford: The University of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education provides a collection of classroom-ready resources on various AI topics, such as what are LLMs?, guidelines for ethical AI use, how can AI help us become better writers, etc. Select the topic of your interest and use the resources in your classroom with the help of a teacher’s guide as well as information and worksheets for students.
Canvas course for students from Sydney: At the University of Sydney, a group of students developed a Canvas course on AI in education for other students. The content is well-structured and easily understandable. They combine written content with multimedia developed both by Sydney teachers and other universities. You may suggest specific topics to your students for self-study or select materials from the Canvas course for your own classroom.
AI literacy hub from School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC): On this resource hub, you may find detailed and well-structured definitions, information, and graphics related to the fundamentals of AI and AI literacy. You may use it to find useful information or clarify essential concepts and information for your students.