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Society & AI
Open Education Week 2026
In recognition of Open Education Week 2026, Society & AI issued a special open call for guest contributions — welcoming educators, researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and independent thinkers to share their thinking on artificial intelligence, education, and society. The call ran through March 31, 2026. Out of eight submissions, six were accepted, editorially reviewed, and published openly. They remain freely accessible below and in perpetuity on societyandai.org.
The Case for Coherent, Whole-Program AI Literacy Integration
Higher education's AI response requires systems thinking, not a triage or 'you do you' mindset — which places students last. A report from the ACORN initiative at San Diego State University.
Critical Thinking for Equity on Both Ends of the AI Model
A Research Support Librarian and Open Research Champion at Sheffield Hallam University examines what transparency, equity, and responsible practice really require when black-box AI systems become routine in academic research.
Lecturer Development Requirements to Teach AI Literacy: Lessons from a European Student Survey
An instructional designer and researcher with the METACOG Erasmus+ project draws on survey data from 360 students across four countries to identify what lecturers must learn before they can meaningfully teach AI literacy.
From Yes-Man to Wait-Man: What Changed When I Stopped Letting AI Talk Over My Thinking
A bilingual educator examines how alignment with AI emerges not from better prompting but from deliberate boundary-setting and sustained correction over time—building on the practitioner lens first developed in Holding the Line.
AI Is Not the Root: A Reflection from Nature-Based Education
A nature-based educator reflects on the tension between AI integration in education and the structural inequities it claims to solve, arguing for the enduring value of relational, place-based learning.
Beyond the Open-Weights: Open Education, the Global Compute Divide, and the Future of AI Literacy
Open AI is not truly open if schools, researchers, and communities lack the compute to run it. The next frontier for Open Education is equitable access to infrastructure, not just content.
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