Key points
- Paired UNESCO frameworks define 15 teacher competencies across 5 dimensions and 12 student competencies across 4 dimensions.
- Teacher dimensions span human-centred mindset, AI ethics, techniques and applications, AI pedagogy and professional development.
- Student framework sets a progression of understanding, applying and creating with AI, grounded in human rights principles.
Summary
UNESCO published paired AI competency frameworks for teachers and for students in September 2024, establishing the operative international competency vocabulary since that date. The teacher framework defines 15 competencies across five dimensions; the student framework defines 12 competencies across four dimensions with a progression model grounded in human rights principles. Both frameworks are now used by national agencies as the reference for institutional AI literacy expectations, and are directly applicable to animation course design and professional development planning.
Implications for animation education
Animation course leads can use the teacher competency framework to audit their own AI knowledge and identify professional development gaps before updating curriculum. The five teacher dimensions (human-centred mindset, AI ethics, techniques and applications, AI pedagogy, and professional development) map directly onto the competencies an animation educator needs to teach responsible AI tool use in studio contexts. The student framework's progression from understanding through applying to creating with AI aligns well with the staged introduction of generative tools across a three or four year degree. Both frameworks are already being used by national agencies as the basis for institutional expectations, so familiarity with the vocabulary is practically useful for any course team engaging with accreditation or funding bodies.
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Source
Source: UNESCO ↗ (Policy Text)
Primary document: unesco.org/en/articles/ai-competency-framework-teachers ↗
Cite this item
UNESCO (2024). ‘AI Competency Frameworks for Teachers and for Students’, UNESCO. Available at: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/ai-competency-framework-teachers
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