On April 18, 2024, we hosted a panel of experts from UT Austin! The topic was information literacy, something near and dear to us all in academic libraries.
Michele Ostrow, Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning Services at UT Libraries, presented the work done by library staff on the UT Libraries Artificial Intelligence LibGuide.
Professor Yan Zhang presented a proposal she is submitting to IMLS for a project titled “Generative AI Literacy for College Students.” The project is a research initiative that aims to equip educators with the necessary tools to help students navigate and critically evaluate information gathered using generative AI technologies.
Professor Matthew Lease talked us through his work as a Principal Investigator on a six-year research initiative focused on AI and Misinformation, conducted in collaboration with Good Systems. His extensive research explores the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and the spread of misinformation.
We had a great time and left with many things to mull over – thank you to our panelists! Below, please find a selection of the materials we distributed in advance of the meeting.
AI LibGuides (a selection)
- UT: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Northwestern: About ChatGPT & Generative AI LLMs – Using AI Tools in Your Research
- University of Washington: Artificial Intelligence
- UC San Diego: Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Purdue University: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Austin Community College (ACC): Generative AI
- University of Maryland Teaching & Learning Transformation Center: Artificial Intelligence and Information Literacy
- Extra: Generative AI Product Tracker
- Produced by: Ithaka S+R
- From the website: The Generative AI Product Tracker lists generative AI products that are either marketed specifically towards postsecondary faculty or students or appear to be actively in use by postsecondary faculty or students for teaching, learning, or research activities. The Tracker is a living document, which we update regularly as new products enter the market or new information about existing products becomes available.
AI Literacy
- Teaching AI literacy: how to begin
- Author: Xianghan (Christine) O’Dea & Mike O’Dea
- Publication: The Times Higher Education
- Pub date: June 9, 2023
- Excerpt: “Where to begin teaching AI literacy skills: Fact-checking AI outputs should become second nature to our graduates. It is important that graduates, and indeed society as a whole, understand that the output of AI must be authenticated.”
- AI Literacy: A Prerequisite for the Future of AI and Automation in Government
- Author: Ignacio F. Cruz
- Publication: IBM Center for The Business of Government
- Pub date: January 11, 2024
- Excerpt: “With the rapid progression of artificial intelligence and automation technologies, the public sector is in a state of transformation. Government leaders and managers are on the frontlines, responsible for harnessing AI’s potential into tangible results. Numerous public efforts have been made to address AI’s design, deployment, and maintenance, such as establishing the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative1 and the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights2 developed by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
- Stanford CRAFT
- Resources
- Free resources for teaching high school students about Artificial Intelligence.
- From the site: CRAFT resources are the product of iterative co-design between Stanford University students and personnel with practicing high school teachers from across the United States from multiple subject areas. Although this is geared toward high school students, there is a lot that can be applied in the college setting, especially with lower division undergraduates.
- University of Maryland Artificial Intelligence and Information Literacy module
- Developed by the UMD Libraries and the UMD Teaching and Learning Transformation Center. This module covers AI literacy and instructors can add it to their Canvas course. This is one of the first of such modules to be created by an academic library.
AI Ethics – Potential Effects of AI on the Information Landscape
- Video: Dr. Margaret Mitchell Ethics of AI
- September 29, 2022
- Hosted by the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa
- Duration: 01:01:09
AI and Misinformation
- The rise of AI fake news is creating a ‘misinformation superspreader’
- Author: Pranshu Verma
- Publication: The Washington Post
- Pub Date: December 17, 2023
- Excerpt: “Historically, propaganda operations have relied on armies of low-paid workers or highly coordinated intelligence organizations to build sites that appear to be legitimate. But AI is making it easy for nearly anyone — whether they are part of a spy agency or just a teenager in their basement — to create these outlets, producing content that is at times hard to differentiate from real news.”
- Video: How AI-generated misinformation threatens election integrity
- Creator: PBS NewsHour
- Duration: 00:06:45
- Pub Date: February 13, 2024
Happening On Campus
- Generation AI
- Podcast produced in partnership with Good Systems
- Description: As artificial intelligence continues to develop, it’s not enough to focus on whether AI can or cannot carry out a task — we need to focus on whether the technology should carry out the task at all. At the University of Texas at Austin, researchers across a variety of disciplines are doing just that. From Good Systems — Ethical AI at UT Austin and The Drag Audio Production House, “Generation AI” explores how AI is transforming the way we live, work, teach, learn and connect with each other.