What is AI Literacy?
We Are Open Co-op's approach builds on the Eight Elements of Digital Literacies, a contextual, plural approach to AI literacies.
Navigating the human and technological aspects of AI, we help you understand its impact in meaningful, practical ways.
AI literacies are part of digital literacies, not a separate field.
Opened Culture has remixed WAO member Dr Doug Belshaw's Essential Elements of Digital Literacies into the Dimensions of AI Literacies. This is one way the open community can work together to define AI literacies in different contexts.
We aim to demystify AI. By promoting AI Literacies, we seek to raise awareness of their significance and contribute thoughtfully to the ongoing discussion. Our goal is to share perspectives and resources that enable individuals to engage with AI critically and responsibly, centering human creativity and flourishing.
Papers & Research
AI Literacies for Open Educators
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming education, bringing both opportunities and challenges for open educators. This workshop, hosted by Dr. Doug Belshaw and Dr. Angela Gunder, explores a plurality of “AI Literacies” for understanding and applying AI within open education.
Harnessing AI for Environmental Justice
This research, funded by Mozilla and guided by Friends of the Earth unpacks the environmental effects of AI and outlines how activists and campaigners can use AI in ways that align with their values.
Promoting Informed Citizenship in a Connected World
This paper in the Journal for Media Literacy explores the evolving relationship between media, information, and digital literacy in light of rapid technological advancements, including AI.
Positioning Paper for the United Nations
Presented at the 18th annual Internet Governance forum of the United Nations in October 2023, we contributed to a positioning paper on higher education's role in AI development. This post outlines our position.
AI Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Slice of New Literacies
WAO contributed to this response to a UNESCO call for contributions on the "Definition of Algorithm Literacy and Data Literacy". This post gives an overview and links to the full response.
AI in Open Recognition
We've done some thinking around how to use AI tools for identifying and mapping skills against various frameworks using a custom GPT called ePIC Skills Mapper. Here's a write up of the workshop we ran at ePIC in November 2024.
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