Beyond Tool Adoption: A Practical Five-Stage Developmental Continuum for AI Literacy in Higher Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) literacy is increasingly recognized as a foundational competency for all university graduates. Yet students' engagement with AI tools often clusters at two extremes: avoidance driven by fear, mistrust, ethical concern, or lack of access, and uncritical reliance that produces fluent output while masking misunderstanding. Existing AI literacy frameworks provide valuable competency definitions, but most offer limited guidance for diagnosing where learners begin and how
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Published: 28 April 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Healthcare · Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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