May 2026 · · iIA Specialized Courses
Critical Information Literacy with AI (teaching · verification · pedagogical resources)
Design teaching sequences and pedagogical resources so your users evaluate information critically in a generative AI environment.
Your team designs and documents updated information literacy programs for the generative AI context: teaching sequences, assessment rubrics, verification guides and a ready-to-implement classroom kit.
Problems it solves
- Information literacy programs that are outdated in the face of generative AI.
- Users who cannot distinguish AI-generated information from verified sources.
- Lack of pedagogical resources adapted to the current digital context.
- No rubrics or criteria to assess information competencies with AI.
Results achieved
- Teaching sequences by level and user profile, ready to implement.
- Information competency assessment rubric with AI.
- Source verification guides adapted to the local context.
- Classroom kit: activities, exercises and support materials.
Course structure
What changes (and what does not) in information competency with generative AI. New challenges: misinformation, hallucinations, biases in generated sources. Updated information competency framework for the 21st century.
Profile mapping: undergraduate, graduate students, faculty, researchers. Specific needs by profile and level. Workshop: defining priority profiles for your library.
Structure of an effective teaching sequence: objectives, activities, assessment. Workshop: design the sequence for the chosen priority profile. Group review and feedback.
How to assess whether a user actually developed information competencies. Workshop: building the assessment rubric adapted to the local context. Calibrating criteria with real examples.
Practical strategies to verify information: source chain, authority, currency, bias. AI-generated content detection tools and their limitations. Workshop: verification guide ready to distribute to users.
Integration of all deliverables into a coherent classroom kit. Distribution channels: virtual campus, library guides, in-person workshops. Implementation plan and follow-up metrics.
Frequently asked questions
No. The course is designed for librarians who provide user instruction, regardless of prior experience in formal teaching.
Yes. The workshops are designed so each participant builds materials adapted to their context, user profile and institution.
Teaching sequences, competency rubric, verification guides and classroom kit, all adapted to your institutional context.
Reference librarians, user instruction coordinators and anyone who designs workshops or educational programs in the library.
At least 6 hours to complete and adapt the teaching sequences and classroom kit to your institution.
