Guidance for generative AI in education and research
A human-centered foundation for privacy, inclusion, agency, and educational use. Read the sections on risks and policy considerations.
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Kyle Bylin
Research & Assessment Librarian · Zahnow Library
Kyle Bylin is a Research and Assessment Librarian at Saginaw Valley State University's Zahnow Library and a creative technologist who uses AI to turn research into clear insights. He began his career as a technology journalist and analyst, serving as the editor at Hypebot and writing for Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. He spent nearly a decade as a UX researcher at companies including Live Nation Labs, SoundHound, Bushel, and Ellucian. He holds an MS in Information from the University of Michigan and a BA in Music Business from Berklee College of Music.
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- Build an app by describing it
- Make a song or edit a podcast
- Set up an AI agent for a class project
- Write stronger prompts
- Ask whether and how to cite AI
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AI FOUNDATIONS
OpenAI Academy
Explore AI foundations, practical examples, and learning events.
AI FLUENCYAnthropic learning resources
Develop AI fluency and a thoughtful approach to working with assistants.
PRACTICAL SKILLSGoogle AI learning
Explore courses and resources for bringing AI into your work.
LEARNING PATHSMicrosoft Learn
Build technical understanding with structured AI learning paths.
GO DEEPERCoursera
Find deeper courses and certificates. Access and pricing vary.
PROMPTING FRAMEWORKThe CLEAR framework
Read Leo S. Lo’s original article on reflective, effective prompting.
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Curriculum source collection
Frameworks, official guidance, and research that ground the course activities. The imagination, taste, and agency perspective used throughout this guide remains a teaching lens, not a settled scientific claim.
The CLEAR path: A framework for enhancing information literacy through prompt engineering
The source of Concise, Logical, Explicit, Adaptive, and Reflective prompting. Full-text access may require the library.
AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations
Explore delegation, description, discernment, and diligence. This complements—not replaces—the imagination, taste, and agency lens used throughout this guide.
Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile
Use the discussions of confabulation, information integrity, privacy, and harmful bias to inspect a real output.
An Introduction to Design Thinking: Process Guide
Explore empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. Use the resource collection to find design exercises and process guides.
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
Part 1 addresses digital replicas; Part 2 addresses copyrightability. Rights depend on human authorship and the details of the work, not simply the tool used.
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
Connect AI-assisted inquiry with authority, information creation, scholarship as conversation, and searching as strategic exploration.
The Future of Jobs Report 2025
Read the skills outlook. These are employer expectations and forecasts—not promises about your career or a prediction that every task will be automated.
Watch & connect
Public YouTube selections used in the curriculum. These are complementary perspectives, not endorsements of every claim. Video metadata was checked through YouTube; captions, playback in all locations, and embedding permissions remain publisher-dependent.
Anthropic
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI Fluency
Watch for delegation, description, discernment, and diligence. Compare this framework with imagination, taste, and agency.
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Andrej Karpathy
[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language Models
Optional technical deep dive. Focus on how training and generation help explain why plausible answers can be wrong.
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Mary and Jeff Bell Library
Prompting for AI: The CLEAR Framework
Identify each CLEAR habit. Apply the framework to your initial prompt and to what you change after seeing the result.
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CrashCourse
Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3
Practice leaving the original page to investigate its source. Apply the same habit to links suggested by an AI assistant.
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Jennifer Funnell
Elements of Art & Principles of Design
Use the vocabulary of balance, emphasis, line, and composition to explain why one visual direction serves your audience better.
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The Art Assignment
Art is Pretentious* | The Art Assignment
Consider how context and interpretation shape judgment. Do not mistake a polished surface for meaningful creative work.
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60 Minutes
How synthetic media, or deepfakes, could soon change our world
A historical explainer, not a current capability benchmark. Watch for how synthetic likenesses challenge consent and trust.
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iCivics
Intro to Lateral Reading – Teaching Online Fact-Checking
Apply online source-checking habits to the origin and context of media before sharing it.
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IDEO U
The Design Thinking Process Broken Down Step-by-Step
Look for how understanding people shapes framing, ideation, prototyping, and testing. Use the cycle on your own small project.
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Sprouts
The Design Thinking Process
Connect the five steps with the five-step building loop. Notice where user testing can change the problem itself.
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Future Ready Schools
Human & Artificial Intelligence in the Library: Supporting Critical Thinking and Research
Optional extended educator discussion. Identify ways library-led inquiry keeps human reasoning and source verification visible.
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