AMICAL Keeps Current – Where does ChatGPT fit into the Framework for Information Literacy? The possibilities and problems of AI in library instruction
AMICAL Keeps Current is an event series for discussing a recent publication (such as articles, book chapters, presentation recordings, webinars, etc.), selected by a different committee or interest group each month. Members may also suggest publications for discussion.
The next AMICAL Keeps Current event will be co-led by Michael Stoepel (User Services Librarian at AUP), Fadia Al Akhras (Reference and Instruction Librarian at AUK), and Araz Margossian (Academic Support Librarian at AUA). We will discuss the article Where does ChatGPT fit into the Framework for Information Literacy? The possibilities and problems of AI in library instruction by Amy B. James and Ellen Hampton Filgo. The article is available to read as HTML text or to download as a PDF.
Is ChatGPT (and other generative AIs) the new Wikipedia? Is it just a disruptive tool that is shaking many pedagogical and academic activities? Or can it become a reliable and efficient tool for academic research, teaching, and learning? The article examines ChatGPT in the light of ACRL’s Framework for Information Literacy, revealing opportunities and the value that ChatGPT can bring to information literacy instruction, as well as possible pitfalls and risks when relying on it as a tool for obtaining and using information and academic research.
Here are some discussion points (you may suggest and discuss additional points during the meeting):
- Which of the frame would you use to teach with ChatGPT?
- Have you used ChatGPT in your classroom? How did it work out?
- Share activities including its LOs with us!
The event will be held on Zoom (see our online event guidelines) and recorded. If you register for the event, you will be emailed a link to the recording.
Organized by: AMICAL’s Information Literacy Initiatives Committee.