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In diesem Projekt
Kontakt
Prof. Dr. Steffen Zimmermann
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steffen.zimmermann(at)uni-ulm.de
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become ubiquitous and is fundamentally changing our lives. However, many people lack a basic understanding of AI - often referred to as AI literacy. A lack of AI literacy harbours risks such as data breaches, the spread of misinformation and social inequality. In order to meet these challenges, the targeted development of AI skills in school education is of strategic importance. Experience-based learning, in which pupils interact directly with AI and "experience" how it works, is particularly promising.
As part of the project, a tool was developed that enables experience-based learning. The tool is embedded in a didactic concept for a 90-minute teaching unit and is ideal for use in secondary schools. The teaching unit focuses on central AI concepts such as supervised learning and image classification. With the help of the tool, students can independently vary different training data, observe the behaviour of the AI and thus better understand the opportunities and limitations of AI.
A central aim of the project was to investigate the effectiveness of experience-based learning in comparison to traditional teaching methods. To this end, the teaching unit was tested and evaluated in a large-scale randomised field experiment with 1,346 pupils from Baden-Württemberg. The results show that both forms of teaching - with and without the tool - significantly increase knowledge about AI, reinforce the willingness to engage with AI and reduce fears when dealing with the technology. It should be emphasised in particular that pupils with a low affinity for AI benefited disproportionately from experience-based learning.
Project period: 2022 - 2024
Transfer
Ein wesentlicher Schwerpunkt des Projekts war der Praxistransfer, um Lehrkräften eine einfach einsetzbare, erprobte Lösung zur Vermittlung von KI-Kompetenzen bereitzustellen. Die entwickelten Unterrichtsmaterialien, bestehend aus dem Tool und einem didaktischen Konzept, sind frei verfügbar und können direkt im Unterricht der Sekundarstufe eingesetzt werden. Lehrkräfte erhalten damit eine praxisnahe, interaktive Methode, um Schülerinnen und Schüler an KI-Technologien heranzuführen und AI Literacy gezielt aufzubauen.
Die Unterrichtsmaterialien bieten nicht nur eine klare Struktur, sondern fördern auch das eigenständige Experimentieren mit KI und regen zur Reflexion über deren Funktionsweise und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten an. Damit tragen sie maßgeblich dazu bei, Schülerinnen und Schüler frühzeitig auf die technologischen Herausforderungen und Chancen der Zukunft vorzubereiten.
Here you will find the teaching materials that were developed in the research project. The materials are made available for further use (CC-By Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).