Building stronger academic communities through critical thinking: Linking ACRL framework to AI

Lopes, Carlos; Antunes, Maria Da Luz; Sanches, Tatiana

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Lopes, Carlos

Antunes, Maria Da Luz

Sanches, Tatiana

Abstract(s)

The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (ACRL) is a reference document that has served as a reflective guide for the pedagogical practices carried out by academic librarians. The present study proposes looking at each of the six conceptual frames recommended by this guiding document, observing the pedagogical opportunities brought by artificial intelligence (AI), namely chatGPT, for their teaching. Based on a literature review on the characteristics and functionalities of chatGPT, as well as its opportunities and risks presented in an international context, it is proposed to apply it in personalized academic tasks, suggesting the adoption of pedagogical experiences. This should be combined with the stimulation of critical thinking, reflecting on the opportunity to teach information skills in higher education libraries to promote knowledge and practical application of this communication tool. Thus, for each conceptual frame, examples and situated learning strategies are listed, which can contribute to acquiring essential instruments and structures of the mechanisms necessary for information skills. Regarding specifically understanding the usefulness and suitability of AI, it is important to work on the ability to extract relevant information from artificially written texts, knowing how to ask the right questions, so that it becomes a powerful instrument for obtaining and processing information, transversal learning and social insertion and is not reduced to mere superficial school learning, but reveals its potential in contexts of search, analysis and production of academic information. The main objective of this work is to make a creative and innovative contribution to the practical and situated application of the ACRL Framework in the context of generative AI, exploring the features of chatGPT to explain the concepts, dispositions, and practices recommended for teaching Information Literacy.

Keywords

Information literacy ACRL Framework Artificvial intelligence ChatGPT Academic skills Critical thinking

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9535

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Lopes C, Antunes ML, Sanches T. Building stronger academic communities through critical thinking: linking ACRL Framework to AI. In: Western Balkan Information & Media Literacy (WBIMLC) and 12th International Summit of the Book, Bihac (Bosnia and Herzegovina), December 7-8, 2023.