School of Design, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin
Keywords:
AI literacy enhancement; University design faculty; Pathways
Abstract:
Against the backdrop of the rapid development of AI and its continuous penetration into education and design practices, improving the AI literacy of university design faculty has become a key factor in promoting educational innovation and enhancing the quality of talent cultivation. Due to differences in academic disciplines and variation in educational environments, and because design combines both artistic creativity and technical application compared with other subjects, university design faculty are in urgent need of pathways for improving their AI literacy that reflect their academic characteristics and practical relevance. Based on a systematic analysis of the current status of AI literacy among university design teachers, and drawing on TPACK theory, this paper aims to strengthen the integration of AI technology with teaching processes. It proposes a set of new pathways for improving AI literacy among design faculty. These pathways will enable design faculty to adapt to the demands of the digital intelligence era, guide them to make full use of AI resources, and continuously enhance their AI literacy, while jointly constructing an intelligence-enabled, practice-oriented, and sustainable framework dedicated to a new teaching ecology.