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An AI answer to a search query can fit one of several types. Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How to know if you can trust an AI’s answer to your question

One Google response asked for my medical history. Another answered a personal health question without asking who I was. Both replies came across as authoritative advice.
Learning to use an AI system is not the same as becoming AI literate. Students need more than the ability to write effective prompts or complete tasks faster. (Solen Feyissa/Unsplash)

Students need more than AI skills — they need accountable AI literacy

Beyond technical fluency, Canadian students need judgment to decide how to use AI and when it should not be used at all.
Educators do not fall into simple categories of being for or against genAI. (Christina Wocintechchat/Unsplash)

Canada’s AI strategy needs educators who feel prepared, not just trained

A survey and workshop project is designed to help educators reflect on their comfort with genAI, assessment and educational practices and their fears and challenges.
As students embrace AI, higher education must move from resistance to instruction. Andrew_t8/Pixabay

Stop policing AI in the classroom, start teaching it

Universities’ crackdown on the use of AI misses the point. They should instead teach it as a vital productivity tool, undepinned by ethics.
Are public schools set to become testing grounds for AI developments? People walk past an AI sign at the All In artificial intelligence conference, Sept. 28, 2023 in Montréal, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Why we should be skeptical of the hasty global push to test 15‑year‑olds’ AI literacy in 2029

Canada and other OECD countries’ plans to test students’ AI literacy in 2029 threatens to obscure essential questions about the marketing of AI.
Policymakers need to recognize that investing in teachers is one of the most powerful ways we can invest in our students. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Teachers are key to students’ AI literacy, and need support

Despite growing resources, the development of AI technology continues to outpace essential education for teachers and implementation support.
AI literacy is a lot more than simply knowing how to prompt an AI chatbot. DNY59/E+ via Getty Images

AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define

President Trump’s executive order calling for AI literacy highlights its importance. The order also underscores its amorphous nature. Here’s how to develop and measure effective AI literacy programs.

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