Developing AI Literacy for Learning and Work
The BE Framework helps students build responsible, ethical, and effective habits when using AI. This playbook helps faculty guide them.
Know what you're using and what you share with it.
Learn more ◇Use AI with integrity. Be transparent and give credit.
Learn moreQuestion assumptions. Verify information. Think deeply.
Learn more ⚖Choose on purpose. Consider who's affected. Own the result.
Learn more ●Consider your process. Learn from outcomes. Grow continuously.
Learn moreCreated for faculty, this playbook offers practical strategies, real-world examples, and reflective prompts to help you guide students toward thoughtful AI use. The BE Framework is a student-centered translation of the Digital Education Council (DEC) AI Literacy Framework. Appendix A shows how the two connect, and Appendix B shows how the playbook lines up with OCTC’s framework.
Start with any BE habit that connects naturally to a course, assignment, or professional decision. The guides are coaching resources—not required rubrics.
Start with BE SafeThe playbook explains the five behaviors. Its companion workbook helps you build them into a course you teach, one change at a time. You'll write your AI Course Policy, revise one assignment around one behavior, plan checkpoints across the term, and get ready for conversations with students about AI.
Start the workbook