The "4D" AI Fluency Framework defines four competencies (Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence) for interacting with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically and safely. Open educational resources based on the framework have been used by c 100,000 learners globally, and have been adopted by the London School of Economics and other institutions in UK, EU and USA. This session focuses on practical steps for integrating AI Fluency into your discipline's pedagogy, curriculum, and assessment. Drawing on a variety of actual implementation cases, we'll explore how your disciplinary expertise shapes what each "D" actually means for you, your colleagues and your students.
AI Coordinator, Head of Creative Technologies, Ringling College of Art and Design
Rick Dakan is a professor at Ringling College of Art & Design, where he oversees the new Creative Technologies BFA program, serves as AI Coordinator, and is Co-Director of the Center for the Creative Economy. Rick worked as a start-up founder, writer, and game designer from 1995 to... Read More →
Saturday June 13, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT Coastal 6
Unrestricted AI use destroys voice and hides the thinking and reasoning people need to assess. This hands-on workshop shares a tested scaffold utilizing curated and delimited AI to make thinking visible again without defaulting to surveillance. Using a structured integration model aligned with AP Lang, Seminar, and Research, but applicable to other contexts, participants will actively experience how prompt design, reflection checkpoints, and constrained AI interactions reveal cognitive moves during drafting and AI use in general. Built around the TRACE model, this approach leverages intentionally limited AI tools including Elicit, SciSpace, Mizou, MirrorTalk, Lex.page, and NotebookLM to preserve writer agency while providing clearer evidence of learning and understanding these systems. Participants will engage in interactive activities that demonstrate how constrained prompting, ethical tool use, and process-based checkpoints strengthen argument quality, improve feedback, and make reasoning easier to assess. Attendees will leave with adaptable scaffolds, prompt structures, and reflection routines designed to support authentic writing instruction in an AI-rich environment.
