Here are useful resources for support in digital literacies project, assessment, activity…etc.
Dos and Don’ts on Designing for Accessibility
These dos and don’ts of designing for accessibility are general guidelines and best design practices for making services and visual material accessible. This webpage has six different posters in the series that cater to users from these areas: low vision, D/deaf and hard of hearing, dyslexia, motor disabilities, users on the autistic spectrum and users of screen readers. Read More…
Copyright and Creative Commons
It is important to learn the ins and outs of copyright, fair use, and creative commons licenses, and for students to learn to only use material (including images, videos, music, etc.) that they have the right to use, that is either public domain, creative commons-licensed, or within a fair use context. Read more about the relationship between copyright and creative commons, or learn about the four factors that affect fair use, and learn about the different Creative Commons licenses. If you need to dig deeper for yourself as educator or librarian, you can download Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians for free.
Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Practical AI for Instructors and Students: This YouTube playlist from Ethan and Lilach Mollick explains how Generative Artificial Intelligence works in a really accessible and bite-sized manner.
- How Teachers Can Harness AI in Our Work: This includes slides, resources and a video recording of a webinar by Anna Mills on the topic. It includes some ground rules about using generative AI, specific ways to write and use prompts, and ideas for how teachers can harness AI in their own teaching, including for writing syllabi, rubrics and grant proposals.
- Teaching AI Ethics: The Series: This is a series by Leon Furze that teachers can use in order to teach about AI Ethics. It includes various dimensions of AI ethics including copyright, labor and environmental impact, and has an easy-to-use infographic to help teachers introduce the topic.
- AUC’s Artificial Intelligence Resources by the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT): A one-stop-shop by AUC’s CLT that has up-to-date resources on AI as well as specific guidelines for AUC students and intsructors.