Developing AI Literacy through Discussion and Practice: A Reflection on an AI Seminar

This experience report reflects on a longitudinal project aimed at determining ways that generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) can be leveraged as a pedagogical tool to assist in professionalizing students’ rhetorical understanding and use of the tool beyond the academy. Since ChatGPT launched, we have studied students’ engagement with gen AI tools to bridge academic and professional uses, believing that knowing when and how to deploy such tools can facilitate the gen AI literacy students need to have upon entering their professional careers. This report posits that students’ participatory design in the pedagogical structure is vital for creating localized practices that translate to tangible forms of AI literacies.