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Developing Critical AI Literacy Online
In collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning, this presentation is part of the Faculty of Education’s lecture series celebrating the University of Regina’s 50th Anniversary.
Blurb:
In this session, we will discuss what a critical AI literacy may entail, with an emphasis on "critical" and caring approaches. We will experience and discuss concrete activities to develop different dimensions of critical AI literacy, including: understanding how it works, recognizing inequalities, biases and ethical issues, crafting effective prompts, and assessing appropriate use and non-use of AI.
Registration is required (see below). The Zoom link will be included in the confirmation email.
- Date:
- Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Time:
- 10:30am - 11:45am
- Time Zone:
- Saskatchewan Time (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Presenter's Bio:
Maha Bali is Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. She has a PhD in Education from the University of Sheffield, UK. She is co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org (a grassroots movement that challenges academic gatekeeping at conferences) and co-facilitator of Equity Unbound (an equity-focused, open, connected intercultural learning curriculum, which has also branched into academic community activities Continuity with Care, Socially Just Academia, a collaboration with OneHE: Community-building Resources and MYFest, an innovative 3-month professional learning journey. She writes and speaks frequently about social justice, critical pedagogy, and open and online education. She blogs regularly at https://blog.mahabali.me and tweets @bali_maha.
- LSE (London School of Economics) Higher Education blog fellow, 2024
- Recipient of the Educator Award, 2023 Open Education Awards for Excellence from Open Education Global
- One of 30 Higher Ed IT Influencers to Follow in 2023 by EdTech Magazine: Focus on Higher Education
Further links
For Maha’s list of peer-reviewed publications, see here.
For Maha’s list of keynotes and invited talks, see here.