Approaching Critical AI Literacy for Students and Faculty with Compassion

Nurturing Agency, Recognizing and Mitigating Bias
AI is reshaping how students and faculty learn, teach and make decisions, raising urgent questions about bias, agency and equity in academic spaces. As these tools become embedded in everyday practice, educators need approaches that go beyond simple “how-to” skills and instead foster critical, compassionate engagement.

This webinar explores how to cultivate critical AI literacy in creative, accessible ways that support both student and faculty learning. Grounded in a compassionate learning design model, the session will examine how bias and harm can manifest in AI systems, and how we might thoughtfully respond and redress these impacts in our own contexts.

Participants will gain practical strategies to nurture human agency in the age of AI, make equity-centred decisions about when and how to use AI, and design learning experiences that invite reflection, care and ethical responsibility rather than fear or avoidance.

Key takeaways: 

• Promote critical AI literacy in creative and engaging ways
• Recognize potential harms arising from bias in AI and make informed decisions about how to redress them
• Apply the compassionate learning design model to their own approaches to AI
• Prioritize nurturing human agency in an AI-saturated educational landscape
• Make decisions about their response to AI that explicitly centre equity in teaching and learning

This event is organized and managed by Contact North. You will be redirected during the registration process. If you require technical support, please communicate directly with Contact North. This webinar is offered as free additional resources. The opinions expressed in it do not necessarily reflect the views of the TLSS or the University of Ottawa.