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From AI Literacy to Fluency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
7 Core Skills<\/th>\nAI Literacy: Awareness & Basic Use<\/th>\nAI Fluency: Application & Creation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Understand AI<\/strong><\/td>\nDefine AI, machine learning, and large language models at a conceptual level; understand how AI works<\/td>\nUnderstand AI models and anticipate their limitations, failure modes, and appropriate uses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exercise Judgment<\/strong><\/td>\nRecognize that not all tasks are well suited to AI, and the choice of when to use AI is important<\/td>\nDecide more confidently when to use AI, when to use it partially, and when not to use it at all<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evaluate Output<\/strong><\/td>\nRecognize that AI can produce errors, bias, and misinformation; learn to identify obvious mistakes<\/td>\nDetect hallucinations, verify claims against sources, and audit outputs for bias<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Use AI Tools<\/strong><\/td>\nNavigate common AI platforms and understand their general purposes and appropriate use cases<\/td>\nBuild AI automations or structured prompt systems to address real disciplinary or professional problems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Write Prompts<\/strong><\/td>\nWrite clear prompts and interpret outputs for simple, single-step tasks<\/td>\nEngineer prompts systematically and design multi-step workflows for complex, sustained work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apply in Context<\/strong><\/td>\nRecognize how AI is being used within your field or area of interest<\/td>\nApply AI within a field’s norms and standards, including across writing, research, data analysis, or professional practice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Practice Integrity<\/strong><\/td>\nUnderstand the importance of maintaining your own voice, ideas, and intellectual ownership, as well as broad concerns around privacy and the responsible use of AI<\/td>\nActively protect authorship and original thinking, treating AI as a tool, not a crutch or substitute; develop habits of active disclosure and attribution, documenting usage with full accountability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This table is consistent with the four competencies identified by EDUCAUSE (Understanding, Evaluation, Application, Ethics). See Michelle Kassorla, Maya Georgieva, and Allison Papini, “AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning: A Durable Framework for Higher Education.” EDUCAUSE, 17 Oct. 2024. An early version of this table was generated by Anthropic (2026), Claude, Sonnet 4.6, based on a query asking for progression of skills from literacy to fluency.<\/p>\n

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