Facilitating Generative AI Literacy in the Face of Evolving Technology: Interventions in Marketing Classrooms

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Title: Facilitating Generative AI Literacy in the Face of Evolving Technology: Interventions in Marketing Classrooms
Language: English
Authors: Stefanie Beninger (ORCID 0000-0002-6956-7625), Alex Reppel (ORCID 0000-0002-7141-9373), Julie Stanton (ORCID 0000-0002-8373-1508), Forrest Watson (ORCID 0000-0002-8820-1434)
Source: Journal of Marketing Education. 2025 47(2):112-125.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Business Education, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Educational Change, Curriculum Design, Accuracy, Technological Literacy, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students, Course Descriptions
DOI: 10.1177/02734753251316569
ISSN: 0273-4753
1552-6550
Abstract: The emergence of generative AI (GenAI) has illustrated that higher education needs to adapt to the technology. Its speed of evolution requires that we adequately prepare students for an ever-changing landscape. Toward achieving that aim, we draw on the concept of interpretive flexibility, where the interpretations, uses, and outcomes of a new technology can differ and evolve over time, often with dominant stakeholders controlling the process. To engage marketing students in this process, we propose that they be presented with these diverse interpretations "now" as part of GenAI literacy. Specifically, we offer three small-scale pedagogical interventions designed to address this urgent need. Given the newness of GenAI, our interventions are designed to be infused into existing marketing instruction, instead of requiring a redesign of a curriculum. With each intervention, students not only significantly decrease their confidence in the accuracy of what GenAI produces but also see reasons to examine the implications of it. Both these outcomes, we suggest, could help to maintain interpretive flexibility required to properly respond to and guide the technology as its uses, impacts, and evolution become evident. We encourage educators to prioritize a comprehensive notion of GenAI literacy in their pedagogy to maintain interpretive flexibility.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1475262
Database: ERIC
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