The need to integrate AI with Media Information Literacy in Indian Academia
The need to integrate AI with Media Information Literacy in Indian Academia In the era of AI, when ChatGPT has replaced search engines in phrases such as “I will chatgpt it” instead of “I will google it”, there lies a question which all educators must answer "Are educators equipped to train the students to use AI critically and ethically?” This question has to be deeply pondered upon now more than ever as a survey by the Digital Education Council shows that 86 per cent students in Indian universities use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their studies, with 54 percent using it weekly and 24 per cent using it daily. With Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) week being commemorated by the United Nations (UN) from October 24th to 31st, the theme this year is “Minds over AI: Media Information Literacy in Digital Spaces”. And it is important for educators to take a moment to sigh but accept that students and youth using artificial intelligence is not a distant reality but a...