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AI for Students: Understanding AI

Understanding AI

Resources

The following eBooks are available for free from the State Library of QLD databases. You need to create a free membership in order to access those databases. 

 

Government Frameworks and Guidelines


Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in Queensland state schools (QLD Government Education). 


Australian Framework for Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Schools (Australian Government Department of Education). 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Curriculum Connection (ACARA v.9) - The Curriculum connection: Artificial intelligence (AI) provides an opportunity to explore how young Australians might gain essential and underpinning knowledge of what AI is, how it works, and how to be responsible and ethical designers and users of AI systems, by developing specific concepts through the dimensions of the Australian Curriculum F–10.

Understanding AI 


A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work (Lee and Trott, 2023) - Learn about word vectors, transformers, and more.

The Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence (Lesive, n.d.) - An interesting summary of the development of today’s generative AI. It’s useful for understanding the 2017 breakthrough (transformer architecture) that led to so much that’s happening now.

Generative AI exists because of the transformer (Visual Storytelling Team & Murgia, 2023) - article in the Financial Times - Useful explanation with helpful visuals.

What is Reinforcement Learning From Human Feedback (RLHF) (McFarland, 2023) - Useful explanation.


3 Myths About AI That Just Won't Die (Nest, 2024) - article in Why Try AI? website. 

What is ChatGPT? (Commonly asked questions about ChatGPT) - OpenAI ChatGPT Help page. 

Artificial Intelligence at the University of Arizona (website released August 2023) - A site to bring together information from the AI working groups around campus.


Generative AI News by Nicole Hennig - A substack subscription-based AI Newsletter that provides up-to-date news information on Gen AI and its role in education - click here for more information about this newsletter. 

The role of AI in decision-making: a business leader's guide (Quantexa, 2025)
This data-driven guide delves into:

  • an overview of the evolution of AI
  • a statistical look at the current state of AI
  • how different sectors use AI to enhance performance
  • 10 ways AI can help leaders make better decisions
  • the risks of AI.

Using Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom


Everyday AI: Artificial Intelligence in Education (CSIRO) - AI is the new kid on the classroom block. Can it be a tool to reduce teacher burnout and personalise learning, or will it lead to more cheating and less creativity?

Classrooms are adapting to the use of artificial intelligence (Abrams, 2025) - article in the American Psychological Association Journal. 

Embracing Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom (Ross, 2023) - article in the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Usable Knowledge Blog. 

Using AI to Implement Effective Teaching Strategies in Classrooms: Five Strategies, Including Prompts (Mollick & Mollick, 2023) - opeen access article. 

Is Education Losing the Race with Technology? AI's Progress in Maths and Reading (OECD Report, 2023) - article available via the State Library of Queensland (free membership required for access). 

ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools (Elgersma, 2024) - article in Common Sense Education website. 

Using Generative AI Platforms in Schols (Smartcopying, 2024) - article in the Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE. 

Using Generative Artificial Intelligence Creatively in the Classroom: Examples and Lessons Learned (Molina, et.al., 2024) - article available (open access) from Cornell University Database. 

ChatGPT in Classrooms: Transforming Challenges into Opportunity in Education (Munawar & Misrilis, 2024) - article available (open access) from Cornell University database. 

AI in the Classroom: Exploring students' interaction with ChatGPT in programming learning (
Güner & Er, 2025) - article available (open access) from Springer Nature Link database. 

Teaching and Generative AI (Buyserie & Thurston, 2024) - eBook (open access) via Utah State University database. The focus is on Higher Education, however, there is a lot that can be applied to school contexts. 

Bringing AI To School: Tips for School Leaders (ISTE) - PDF Document. This article provides some advice for school leaders and the use of Generative AI.

The AI Pedagogy Project (meta(LAB) at HarvardA collection of assignments and materials for educators curious about how AI affects their students and their syllabi.

Large Language Models from scratch

Large Language Models from scratch (Part 2)

 

What is AI Literacy? Competencies and Design Considerations (Long & Magerko, 2020) - PDF document - find supplementary material in ACM Digital Library Database here

AI Literacy in the Age of ChatGPT (University of Arizona, 2025) - this Library guide from the University of Arizona Libraries has great resources for teachers and students on generative AI and how to use it. 

Liberarlly-educated students need to be more than consumers of AI: If I'm buying a thinking process, I really need to understand what I see when I look under the hood (Underwood, 2023) - article in 'Using large digital libraries to advance literary history' blog. 

University of Arizona AI Guide

This Library Guide provided by The University of Arizona Libraries is an excellent resource for learning all about AI for Education put together by AI expert Nicole Hennig. Click on the box to explore loads of amazing resources. 

AI Literacy: Ai and the Future of Education

AI Explained: Generative vs Discriminative AI

Five things you really need to know about AI - BBC

Should we let students use ChatGPT? | Natasha Berg | TEDx

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