Teaching Digital Literacy in the AI Era: Beyond Search and Click

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being widely adopted and increasingly incorporated into many applications, directly impacting our daily lives. It continues to grow in popularity—even in the face of classroom bans. Teaching users how to evaluate AI-generated content is both a challenge and a necessity, forming a crucial part of digital literacy. This issue warrants serious attention. This paper explores the challenges posed by AI-generated content and highlights the progress librarians and the tech industry have made in addressing them. It discusses the metrics, criteria, and tools that librarians use to evaluate AI content—and examines how effective these methods are. Keywords: AI, digital literacy, evaluation criteria