Artificial Intelligence Literacy in Higher Education : Theory and Practice from a European Perspective / Imre Fekete

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fekete, Imre.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2025.

Summary:

This book explores the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) literacy within higher education, addressing both instructors' and students' preparedness to engage with AI technologies responsibly and effectively.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword: What is this Book About and How is it Structured?

An Invitation

The Aims of this Book

Scope

Structure

Chapter 1: Artificial Intelligence in the Educational Arena

New Tunes?

Technology - Again?!

Preparing for a Long Ride

Fastened Seatbelts

The Journey Ahead

Chapter 2: Conceptual and Theoretical Background of AI in Education

A Brief Overview of the History of AI Technologies

Developing and Testing AI Systems

Conversations with machines

Stages of AI development

AI in the Books of Law

The pioneering AI Act of the EU

Education politics and lawmaking efforts

The Arrival of Generative AI Technologies

Generative AI Technologies in Education

Theoretical underpinnings of AI in educational contexts

Foundations

The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model

Teachers' Technological-Pedagogical-Content Knowledge (TPACK) Framework

Frameworks and Models on Technology and AI Literacy

The EPIC model

Instructors' generative AI acceptance

The Digital Competences Framework of the EU and its expansions

Students' autonomous use of technology model

A generative artificial intelligence competence framework for schools

Ethical and Societal Aspects of Using AI Technologies in Education

Desired level of background knowledge

Teachers' decision-making processes behind integration

Moral issues

Sustainability of using AI technologies

The Place of AI Literacy in Lifelong Learning

Chapter 3: Previous Studies into the Application of AI in Higher Education

The Place of Motivation in Technology- and AI-Inclusive Environments

Technology and motivation

AI technologies and motivation

Focus Points of Generative AI (GenAI) Systems in Education.

Prompting

(English as a) foreign language (FL) learning

AI as a research tool

Limitations

Applying AI Technologies in the Higher Education Classroom (AI-TPACK)

AI and Individual Differences and Special Needs

Current Trends, Gaps and Future Directions in Applied AI Research

Current trends

Gaps: Biases and intransparency

Future directions

Notes

Chapter 4: A Study into Learners' AI Literacy

Research Design

Aims, scope and research questions

Instrument

Participants

Methods of data collection and analysis

Ethical considerations

Results and Discussion

Previous experiences with applied AI technologies (RQ1)

AI literacy components (RQ2)

Strengths of relationships between the AI literacy dimensions (RQ3)

Promoting learners' study-use attitude towards AI technologies (RQ4)

Individual differences among the literacy dimensions (RQ5)

Gender

Age

Discipline

Level of studies

Type of enrolment

Place of study

Summary of the main findings

Chapter 5: A Study into Instructors' AI Literacy

Technological-pedagogical (TPACK) and intelligent (AI-TPACK) technological pedagogical literacy (RQ2)

Correlations between TPACK vs. AI-TPACK knowledge components (RQ3)

AI literacy components (RQ4)

Strengths of relationships between the AI literacy dimensions (RQ5)

Clustering the instructors based on the AI-TPACK constructs (RQ6)

Profiling the established AI-TPACK clusters (RQ7)

AI-TPACK development opportunities among clusters (RQ8)

Beginner users

Intermediate users

Advanced users

Summary of the main findings.

Chapter 6: Tools for AI Literacy Development and Ways to Enhance Instructors' Methodological Repertoire

Initial Remarks

Developing Background (Conceptual) Knowledge

Boosting Confidence, Self-Efficacy and Trust-Building

Developing (Foreign) Language Skills through Prompting/Prompt Writing/Prompt Engineering

Ethical Issues, Hallucinations, Misinformation

Self-Testing

Collaborative Learning Opportunities and Knowledge Exchange

Linking AI Use to Career Benefits

Teacher Education

From pedagogical knowledge to technological pedagogical knowledge

From technological pedagogical content knowledge to AI technological pedagogical content knowledge

An Extensive Collection of Technological and AI Tools to be Used in the Higher Education Classroom

Final Remarks

Chapter 7: Conclusion and Future Directions

Theoretical Overview

Empirical Overview

The Learners' Questionnaire Study

The Instructors' Questionnaire Study

Future Directions

Appendices

Appendix A: Items of the Learners' Questionnaire Study

Appendix B: Items of the Instructors' Questionnaire Study

Appendix C: Correlations Table of the Dimensions of the Learners' Questionnaire Study

Appendix D: Correlations Table of the Dimensions of the Instructors' Questionnaire Study

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80041-154-5

1-80041-116-2

OCLC:

1518551616