Exploring two frameworks from The Open University: Critical AI Literacy Skills and Responsible by Design
Summary
OU’s designers connect AI literacy with access, bias, environmental and labour questions.
The 2025 explanation separates learner capabilities from design decisions, informed by student concerns.
It invites questioning whether AI is appropriate for the task. The current resource hub’s six-pillar revision should not be projected back onto this four-pillar account.
The energy-use analogy was not independently checked.
Sources & reading record
- Mirjam Hauck, Eleanor Moore & Mary Simper · OU Learning Design ↗
- Read the original article body; not every linked resource.