UNESCO releases a guide for teaching students to evaluate AI answers
The resource gives educators classroom activities for examining how AI shapes the information people encounter.
UNESCO announced a teaching guide on November 10 for schools and training programmes working out how to teach media literacy in an age of generative AI. The guide is aimed primarily at educators, teacher trainers and curriculum developers.
The material expands a media and information literacy curriculum UNESCO launched in 2021. The earlier curriculum has been piloted or adapted in more than 40 countries, the agency said. Eight international experts helped develop the new guide, and ten other specialists reviewed it.
The guide pairs explanations with classroom activities and discussion questions. Educators can adapt the exercises to their own settings. The focus is on how AI affects the information people find and share, and on the decisions learners make when they encounter AI-generated material.
UNESCO introduced the publication during Global Media and Information Literacy Week in October. The agency’s release page links to the full guide and the earlier curriculum, so educators can use the new activities alongside their existing media literacy lessons.