Friday, November 22, 2024

Developing #AI Literacy with people who have low or no #digital skills

photo of part of a wooden bench, with autumn leaves which are yellow red etc scattered over the bench

A report from the Good Things Foundation, published in October 2024, is Developing AI Literacy With People Who Have Low Or No Digital Skills. They spoke to 18 UK community organisations and 38 people receiving support in digital skills, and list advice about how to support those with low digital skills to engage with AI effectively.
The report includes a diagram showing AI Literacy underpinned by Media Literacy and Digital Literacy
AI Literacy "Understanding of AI outputs: Recognise AI content and know the risks linked to AI generated content; Make greater use of AI tools to make life easier. Application of AI safety and responsibly for simple tasks e.g.drafting a letter, simplifying information. Awareness and safe use of AI integrated tools e.g. in search functions and chatbots."
Media Literacy "Know how to use and interpret online tools and content: Keeping yourself safe online, protecting your mental health and knowing how to assess the variety of online informaiton. Keep yourself safe online Managing online safety, privacy and protection from harm. Understanding that not all information online can be trusted."
Digital Literacy "Essential Digital Skills for Life and Work: Having the digital skills to communicate, handling information, transacting, problem solving, being safe and legal online."
Go to https://www.goodthingsfoundation.org/policy-and-research/research-and-evidence/research-2024/ai-literacyPhoto by Sheila Webber: autumn leaves on a bench, October 2024

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