As technology advances, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used in various aspects of our lives. In this social flow, governments worldwide have made the gradual introduction of AI education a priority in schools. Current K-12 students will be exposed to more AI as technology advances, and the use of AI in everyday life and AI literacy will become as important as classical literacy skills such as reading and writing (Long and Magerko, 2020; Steinbauer et al., 2021; Zawacki-Richter et al., 2019). Several previous research pointed out the importance of AI literacy in terms of a proper understanding of AI to avoid misconceptions about AI and misuse of AI (e.g. AI is like magic.) (Fast & Horvitz, 2017; Linder et al., 2019; Sanusi et al., 2022). Our research will contribute to the further discussion of AI education.
About our project
We are conducting research on AI education including both ‘learning through AI’ and ‘learning about AI’ considering classification from Holmes et al. (2019). Our research covers the following topics:
– How new AI technology (e.g. ChatGPT) can be used in the classroom environment?
– What will be the teachers’ and students’ roles in the AI era in the future?
– How the future classes can be designed considering AI technology?
– What could the learner enhance from AI education?
– etc
Research Threads
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) education for all
- AI literacy
- AI thinking
Relevant presentations and publications
Huang, W. & Yu, W. (2022). CARE project. Service learning grant for Community Service / Service Learning Project at Purdue University.
Yu, W. & Huang, W. (under review). Analyzing learning experience in an AI education program for young learners. Submitted to Techtrends 2024.
Yu, W., & Huang, W. (2024, April 11). AI is no more a magic box: A case study of an AI educational program [Conference presentation]. 2024 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://www.aera.net/
Huang, W., & Yu, W. (2024, April 14). Top-down vs. Grassroot: A comparative study on AI integration barriers in K-12 in South Korea and the United States [Conference presentation]. 2024 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://www.aera.net/
Huang, W., & Yu, W. (2023, December 1). Artificial Intelligence (AI) and education – voices from K-12 educators in South Korea and the United States [Conference presentation]. Trustworthy AI Lab for Education Summit, Notre Dame, IN, United States. https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/trustworthy-ai-lab-for-education-summit/
Yu, W., Kang, S., & Huang, W. (2023, December 1). C.A.R.E (computer science, artificial intelligence, robotics, and emerging technologies) @ Purdue [Conference presentation]. Trustworthy AI Lab for Education Summit, Notre Dame, IN, United States. https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/trustworthy-ai-lab-for-education-summit/
Huang, W., & Yu, W. (2023, October 15-19). AI education integration in South Korea from early adopter’s perspectives: A case study [Conference presentation]. AECT 2023 Convention, Orlando, FL, United States. https://convention.aect.org/
Yu, W. (2023, October 15-19). How researchers can support K-12 educators in integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) education in the new era of generative AI [Conference presentation]. AECT 2023 Convention, Orlando, FL, United States. https://convention.aect.org/
Huang, W. & Yu, W. (2023, November 10). The collaboration between AI and educators [Webinar presentation]. IACTE webinar. https://www.inaacte.org/
Yu, W. (2023, April 13-16). Investigating the barriers to introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) education for elementary school teachers in South Korea [Conference presentation]. 2023 AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings
Huang, W., & Yu, W. (2022, October 24-28). Increasing AI literacy with a learning module using machine learning platform [Conference presentation]. AECT 2022 Convention, Las Vegas, NV, United States. https://convention.aect.org/
Yu, W. (2022, March 24). A Design Case of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education for AI literacy [Conference presentation]. Annual Graduate Student Educational Research Symposium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States