Hands-on introduction to AI literacy and to co-designing teaching resources enhancing AI literacy in K-12 education
AI is already shaping the world our students are growing up in — yet schools lack the materials and frameworks needed to teach young people how to understand, evaluate, and navigate it. This hands-on tutorial introduces the concept of AI literacy: the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that enable individuals to engage critically and responsibly with AI technologies.
Over two sessions, we’ll explore what AI literacy means in practice, try out concrete learning materials co-designed with teachers and students, and work together to translate AI literacy into teaching resources you can bring back to your own classroom or institution. Whether you’re a researcher, teacher educator, or classroom teacher — and whether AI literacy is new to you or already on your radar — you’re welcome here.
No prior experience with teaching AI literacy is required.
When: Saturday 3 October at 09:30 – 13:00 (Pre-conference)
Where: In-person. Room C215, Academill, Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa Strandgatan 2. 65100 VASA. https://maps.app.goo.gl/iX2RNwBzcwjrsNdy9
Registration: Registration through the conference website
The sessions will be held in English.
Session 1: Need for AI literacy
9:30 Introduction & Warmup: Group discussion
10:00 Definitions of AI literacy
10:20 Create your own teachable machine
10:45 Summary and reflections
11:00 Coffe break
Session 2: Codesigning teaching materials and towards a consensus in distributing the work
11:30 Codesigning teaching materials
11:50 Familiarizing with available resources (from the project and other)
12:15 Group work – identify potential AI literacy approaches in your own teaching
12:45: Summary and reflections
13:00 End of tutorial
Learning outcomes
- Gain an understanding of why AI literacy matters at all levels of education
- Reflect on how AI literacy themes can be integrated into your own teaching
- Become familiar with the concepts of AI literacy — skills, knowledge, and attitudes
- Explore pedagogical and didactical approaches to teaching AI literacy through collegial discussion
- Try out concrete learning materials that can be adapted to your own context
- Contribute to a broader conversation about how AI literacy can be distributed across subjects and institutions
John Henriksson: Department of Education, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Åbo Akademi, University. john.henriksson@abo.fi
Susanne Hägglund: Experience Lab, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Åbo Akademi University. susanne.hagglund@abo.fi.
Mattias Wingren: Experience Lab, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Åbo Akademi University. mattias.wingren@abo.fi
Yvonne Backholm-Nyberg: Experience Lab, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Åbo Akademi University. Yvonne.backholm@abo.fi.
Linda Mannila: Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, linda.mannila@helsinki.fi