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As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prevalent in our daily lives and educational settings, it is imperative to equip learners, educators, and leaders with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate this emerging technology responsibly. Our AI Literacy Framework (depicted below) consists of three interconnected Modes of Engagement: Understand, Evaluate, and Use. The framework emphasizes that understanding and evaluating AI are critical to making informed decisions about if and how to use AI in learning environments.

A 3D triangular diagram with three bidirectional arrows. The bottom left arrow is blue and labeled "understand", the bottom right arrow is purple and labeled "evaluate", and the top arrow is green and oriented vertically, labeled "use.” The text labels are embedded in the main shaft of the arrows in white font.

Figure 1. AI Literacy Framework includes three components: Understand, Evaluate, and Use

At Digital Promise, we are applying this framework to enable all who participate in educational settings to leverage AI tools for powerful learning. Our six AI literacy practices, which are actionable skills that learners can demonstrate, define how users can understand and evaluate AI-enabled tools and how educators can support AI literacy development.

Expanded AI Literacy Framework

Our expanded AI Literacy Framework depicts the relationship between AI Literacy Practices, Core Values, Modes of Engagement, and Types of Use. Below is a table description of each component.

In the center of the expanded framework image is a 3D triangular diagram with three bidirectional arrows. The bottom left arrow is blue and labeled 'understand', the bottom right arrow is purple and labeled 'evaluate', and the top arrow is green and oriented vertically, labeled 'use'. At the center of the three bidirectional arrows is a yellow sphere with the text "Human Judgment" on the top half and "Centering Justice" on the bottom half. Surrounding the sphere and arrows are icons arranged in a circle formation. The top three icons correlate to types of 'use' and have a green background, connected with a green dotted line. The icons represent 'interact,' 'create,' and 'problem solve.' The bottom six icons represent AI literacy practices for 'understand' and 'evaluate' with an indigo background, connected with an alternating blue and purple dashed line. The icons represent 'data privacy & security,' 'ethic & impact,' 'digital communication & expression,' 'information & mis/disinformation,' 'data analysis & inference,' and 'algorithmic thinking, abstraction, & decomposition.' The top three green icons and the bottom six indigo icons are connected with a bidirectional blue arrow on the left and a bidirectional purple arrow on the right.

Figure 2. Expanded AI Literacy Framework, including Core Values, Modes of Engagement, Types of Use, and AI Literacy Practices

Framework Component
Description
Examples

AI Literacy Practices

Actionable practices of understand and evaluate that learners can demonstrate

Data Privacy & Security, Information & Mis/Disinformation

Core Values

Underlying principles that support learners to safely and effectively use AI tools

Human Judgment, Centering Justice

Modes of Engagement

Interconnected ways users can engage with AI-enabled tools in order to demonstrate AI literacy

Understand, Evaluate, Use

Types of Use

Distinct purposes for which users engage with AI-enabled tools

Interact, Create, Problem Solve

Framework Component

AI Literacy Practices

Description

Actionable practices of understand and evaluate that learners can demonstrate

Examples

Data Privacy & Security, Information & Mis/Disinformation

Framework Component

Core Values

Description

Underlying principles that support learners to safely and effectively use AI tools

Examples

Human Judgment, Centering Justice

Framework Component

Modes of Engagement

Description

Interconnected ways users can engage with AI-enabled tools in order to demonstrate AI literacy

Examples

Understand, Evaluate, Use

Framework Component

Types of Use

Description

Distinct purposes for which users engage with AI-enabled tools

Examples

Interact, Create, Problem Solve

Table 1. Components of the AI Literacy Framework

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