Beginning with the Summer 2025 semester, all new students entering The Citadel are required to complete four essential Generative AI Literacy Modules. These modules are designed to equip you with the foundational knowledge and critical skills necessary to navigate the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence responsibly and effectively. Faculty may also integrate these modules into their courses to reinforce AI literacy throughout the curriculum.
The four modules cover key aspects of engaging with generative AI:
1. Basics of Prompt Engineering
This module introduces the fundamental principles of effectively communicating with generative AI.
- About This Module: Provides an overview of prompt engineering and its importance in utilizing AI tools.
- Introduction to Prompt Engineering: Explores the core concepts and techniques for crafting clear and precise prompts.
- Tips for Effective Prompts: Offers practical advice and strategies for optimizing your prompts to achieve desired outcomes.
- Iteration and Revision: Emphasizes the iterative nature of prompt engineering, guiding you through refining and improving your prompts for better results.
- Basics of Prompt Engineering Quiz: A 10-point quiz to assess your understanding of the module’s content.
2. Ethical Issues and Limitations of GenAI
This module delves into the critical ethical considerations and inherent limitations associated with generative AI.
- About This Module: Provides an overview of the ethical landscape surrounding generative AI.
- Academic Honesty in the Age of GenAI: Discusses the implications of AI on academic integrity, including plagiarism and proper attribution.
- Disinformation and Misinformation: Explores how generative AI can contribute to the spread of false information and strategies for critical evaluation.
- GenAI’s Hidden Costs: Bias, Labor, and Sustainability: Examines the less obvious impacts of AI, including algorithmic bias, labor displacement, and environmental considerations.
- Privacy and Security: Addresses concerns related to data privacy and security when interacting with AI tools.
- Ethical Issues and Limitations Quiz: A 10-point quiz to assess your understanding of the module’s content.
3. Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI
This module focuses on developing essential information literacy skills in an era influenced by generative AI.
- About This Module: Provides an overview of information literacy within the context of generative AI.
- Understanding Information Literacy: Defines core concepts of information literacy and its relevance in today’s information environment.
- Evaluating Sources in the Age of GenAI: Equips you with strategies to critically assess the credibility and reliability of information, especially when AI is involved in its creation or dissemination.
- Leveraging Library Resources and Tools: Guides you on how to effectively use The Citadel’s library resources and tools for research and information verification.
- Verifying Information: Provides methods and techniques for cross-referencing and confirming information accuracy.
- Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI Quiz: A 10-point quiz to assess your understanding of the module’s content.
4. GenAI for Studying and Learning
This module explores practical and effective ways to leverage generative AI as a tool for academic success.
- About This Module: Provides an overview of how generative AI can be used to enhance studying and learning.
- Test Preparation and Practice Questions: Shows how AI can assist in creating study guides and generating practice questions.
- Summary and Alternative Explanations: Demonstrates using AI to summarize complex topics and provide diverse explanations for better comprehension.
- Relating Course Content to Your Experiences, Interests, and Goals: Guides you on using AI to personalize learning by connecting course material to your individual context.
- Simulations and Role-Playing: Explores how AI can facilitate interactive learning experiences through simulations and role-playing scenarios.
- GenAI as a thoughtful tutor and guide: Discusses the potential of AI to act as a personalized learning assistant.
- Ensuring accuracy and avoiding hallucinations: Reinforces the importance of verifying AI-generated content to prevent the incorporation of inaccurate information.
- GenAI for Studying and Learning Quiz: A 10-point quiz to assess your understanding of the module’s content.
Faculty interested in integrating these Generative AI Literacy Modules into their courses can request access via this form: Request GenAI Modules for Your Course