Reimagining Education in the Age of AI: Digital Literacy, Decolonization, and the Work Ahead
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https://doi.org/10.70091/Atras/vol07no01.19Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence in education, Digital Literacy, Decolonizing Pedagogy, Critical Digital Pedagogy, Global CollaborationAbstract
This paper explores how Artificial Intelligence challenges educators to reimagine teaching, learning, and academic integrity through the lens of digital literacy and decolonization. Drawing on frameworks of critical digital pedagogy (Freire, 1970; hooks, 1994) and contemporary scholarship on data ethics and algorithmic systems (Selwyn, 2019; Williamson & Piattoeva, 2022; Knox, 2023), it argues that AI integration can empower inclusive, reflective, and equitable learning environments. Through examples from AIEIC Grant and Fulbright Specialist initiatives, the study demonstrates how international collaboration can transform apprehension toward AI into critical curiosity. Ultimately, it positions AI not as a replacement for human imagination but as a catalyst for empathy, creativity, and global collaboration in education.
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