The Intersection of Critical Thinking Skills and AI: Tactics for Effective Use

The Authority File

Have we moved past the point of educators flat-out banning AI use in the classroom? Not quite. In the second episode of this four-part series, Dr. Leo Lo of the University of New Mexico, Katie Metzler of Sage Publishing, and author and tech philosopher Dr. Tom Chatfield look at current perspectives on AI in academia and effective tactics for implementing AI tools. First, our guests underscore the importance of offering students, faculty, and librarians opportunities for hands-on experiences with generative AI to understand its possible applications. Further, they emphasize that critical thinking can develop in tandem with AI skills; the technology places the onus on users to evaluate their own approaches to research, creativity, and learning to best optimize the software. Last, the guests chat about how institutions can support librarians and instructors in finding and implementing AI tools through strategies like AI training, trial access to new platforms, and consulting technology experts.

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