This pilot study examined the potential of an interactive, AI-supported learning module to encourage students to examine, question, and compare differing viewpoints on topics including immigration and climate change. In the summer of 2025, the module was piloted with 16 undergraduates enrolled in a course titled Media Literacy and Youth Culture.
Theresa Redmond is an independent scholar, teacher, and artist with expertise in media literacy, instructional technology, curriculum design, ecomedia literacy, and the arts. She has taught early elementary school through university students, published widely on innovative methods in teaching and learning, and received awards for teaching, service, and creative scholarship.
This collection of six lessons is designed especially for middle-school and high school students!
Use the power of dialogue and discussion in these lesson plans created with support from Ocean State Media and PBS Learning Media. This empirically-validated curriculum has been shown to increase knowledge and listening skills while activating intellectual curiosity and promoting respect for diverse points of view.
The first-ever major statewide initiative to document the scope of media literacy education in American public schools
Alexandre Le Voci Sayad is a journalist, educator, and author. He holds a masterās degree in Artiļ¬cial Intelligence and Ethics from PUC-SP (Brazil) and a specialization in digital business from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently pursuing a PhD in lifelong learning policies and AI at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain.