Connecting AI Literacy, Learning Outcomes, and Career-readiness
March 5, 2025
To integrate generative AI across the curriculum, higher education institutions must find meaningful connections between students’ day-to-day academic work, their learning outcomes, and the growing demand for AI literacy everywhere.
In the March 5, 2025 Digital Literacy Café session, we brought together leaders from higher education and industry to reflect on the skills and learning experiences students need in order to face the future classroom and an uncertain future of work.
The speakers offered insights into what employers and academic institutions are looking for in terms of integrated approaches to generative AI across the curriculum.
Dr. Magdalena Barrera
- Vice Provost for Faculty Success
- San Jose State University
Dr. Magdalena Barrera said that her team’s vision is to contribute to a digital future that has humanity at its center. They’re particularly focused on ethical reasoning and responsible use of AI in the pursuit of adaptability and lifelong learning.
Dr. Bob Caron
- Specialist Leader in Higher Education
- Deloitte
Dr. Bob Caron noted that one-third of skillsets in today’s jobs have changed in the last three years. He and his team at Deloitte are thinking about three skills domains that universities need to focus on to prepare students for career success: technical, human, and ethical.
Dr. Megan Workmon
- Director of Learning Experience Design for Enterprise Technology
- Arizona State University
Dr. Megan Workmon discussed how she and her team are thinking about AI in terms of finding new ways to frame problems, contextualize solutions, and generate new possibilities. She emphasized that Institutions need to innovate with AI in a principled way, prioritizing critical empathy and ethical imagination.