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Chrysanthi Melanou, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, GermanyAbstract
The increasing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in higher education raises urgent pedagogical, ethical, and legal questions. At the same time, the introduction of the European AI Act in 2024 has reinforced the need for structured and responsible AI implementations. This paper presents the design, implementation, and empirical evaluation of an interdisciplinary course that equips students with technical, ethical, legal, and applied AI competencies, with a specific focus on academic writing. These competencies were defined in alignment with the requirements of the EU AI Act, ensuring that the course reflects both regulatory expectations and academic values. The course was launched in October 2024 and has since reached over 700 students across different faculties through a modular format, offering comprehensive, compact, and introductory versions. AI fundamentals, prompt design, and reflective practices are embedded into the academic writing process, enabling students to use AI tools critically and transparently across all writing phases. The course fosters not only operational proficiency but also a deeper understanding of the limitations and implications of AI technologies. A post-course quantitative survey was conducted with 52 students enrolled in the compact format to evaluate perceived learning outcomes. Results indicate increased confidence in planning, critical reflection, and source evaluation, as well as acceptance of the institutionally hosted chatbot. Students expressed a strong interest in further curricular integration of AI literacy and called for domain-specific adaptations. The study provides empirical insights into scalable, adaptable, and pedagogically meaningful ways of embedding AI literacy into higher education.
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Conference: PCE2025Stream: Design
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Melanou C. (2025) Bridging AI Literacy, the AI Act, and Academia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Embedding AI Literacy in Teaching Academic Writing ISSN: 2758-0962 The Paris Conference on Education 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 803-812) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2025.61
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2025.61
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