Shaping AI Literacy and Understanding for Students and Educators: A Technical and Professional Communication Perspective

Darina M. Slattery; Tiffany Bourelle; Joseph Bartolotta

doi:10.1109/ProComm64814.2025.00025

Shaping AI Literacy and Understanding for Students and Educators: A Technical and Professional Communication Perspective

Darina M. Slattery
, Tiffany Bourelle
, Joseph Bartolotta

University of New Mexico
Hofstra University

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Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the way scholars teach, collaborate, and research. Its widespread use has also led to a stereophonic chorus of advice and guidelines that have made these activities challenging as educators navigate local, national, and international frameworks for how to engage with AI. In this paper, we describe the AI policies at Hofstra University, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Limerick in an effort to streamline suggestions for not only using AI successfully for teaching, but to also model for technical and professional communication educators what they can do within the classroom. Specifically, we recommend that educators ask students to analyze global AI policies to teach rhetorical situation, genre conventions, and ethics in more robust ways that also integrate discussions of appropriate AI use in the global workplace.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	92-97
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331530617
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ProComm64814.2025.00025
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025 - Sonderborg, Denmark Duration: 20 Jul 2025 → 23 Jul 2025

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Professional Communication Conference
ISSN (Print)	2158-091X
ISSN (Electronic)	2158-1002

Conference

Conference	2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Sonderborg
Period	20/07/25 → 23/07/25

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Academic integrity
artificial intelligence
teaching and learning
technical and professional communication

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Slattery, D. M., Bourelle, T., & Bartolotta, J. (2025). Shaping AI Literacy and Understanding for Students and Educators: A Technical and Professional Communication Perspective. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025 (pp. 92-97). (IEEE International Professional Communication Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ProComm64814.2025.00025

Slattery, Darina M. ; Bourelle, Tiffany ; Bartolotta, Joseph. / Shaping AI Literacy and Understanding for Students and Educators : A Technical and Professional Communication Perspective. Proceedings - 2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025. pp. 92-97 (IEEE International Professional Communication Conference).

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Slattery, DM, Bourelle, T & Bartolotta, J 2025, Shaping AI Literacy and Understanding for Students and Educators: A Technical and Professional Communication Perspective. in Proceedings - 2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025. IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 92-97, 2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025, Sonderborg, Denmark, 20/07/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/ProComm64814.2025.00025

Shaping AI Literacy and Understanding for Students and Educators: A Technical and Professional Communication Perspective. / Slattery, Darina M.; Bourelle, Tiffany; Bartolotta, Joseph.
Proceedings - 2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025. p. 92-97 (IEEE International Professional Communication Conference).

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Slattery DM, Bourelle T, Bartolotta J. Shaping AI Literacy and Understanding for Students and Educators: A Technical and Professional Communication Perspective. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. p. 92-97. (IEEE International Professional Communication Conference). doi: 10.1109/ProComm64814.2025.00025

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