Independent AI Literacy Test

Bachelor 2026/2027

Type: Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)

Delivered by: Digital Skills Development Unit

Where: Faculty of Computer Science

When: 1 year, 3 module

Online hours: 2

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Language: English

Contact hours: 2

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Abstract

AI literacy is one of the digital competencies embedded in all HSE University degree programmes. It concerns the use of digital technologies and information-handling tools to meet personal, educational and professional needs and to support collaboration in digital environments, with due regard for fundamental security principles and ethical and legal standards. All first-year undergraduate students take an independent assessment of AI Literacy to demonstrate that they have attained this competency. The independent AI examination is administered using proctoring procedures and lasts 60 minutes. It comprises a test component and a practical component. The final result is converted to a 1-10 scale. Scores below 4 are rounded down by discarding the decimal part; scores of 4 or above are rounded to the nearest whole number. Failure to obtain a passing result in the Independent AI Literacy Assessment within the prescribed timeframe will be treated as a failure to fulfil the programme requirements.

Learning Objectives

To assess students' readiness to undertake advanced professionally oriented courses; their ability to search for information and data, interpret and create instructions, interact with others in digital environments, and protect their digital identity.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Searches for, aggregates, analyzes, selects, and structures relevant information, verifies its reliability, and uses it appropriately; Follows existing instructions, analyzes them, and creates new instructions or corrects errors in existing ones; Interacts with others safely and ethically using digital technologies; Protects their digital identity, personal digital space, and digital devices; Uses and maintains digital devices and technologies.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: search for, aggregate, analyse, select and structure relevant information, verify its reliability, and use it appropriately; follow and analyse existing instructions, create new instructions, and correct errors in existing instructions; interact with others safely and ethically using digital technologies; protect their digital identity, digital environment and digital devices; use and maintain digital devices and technologies.

Course Contents

Independent Examination in AI Literacy

Assessment Elements

Test component of the independent examination
The assessment criteria are set out in the Specification for the Independent Examination in Digital Literacy.
Practical Component of the Independent Examination
The assessment criteria are set out in the Specification for the Independent Examination in Digital Literacy.

Interim Assessment

2026/2027 3rd module
0.4 * Test component of the independent examination + 0.6 * Practical Component of the Independent Examination

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Create to learn : introduction to digital literacy, Hobbs, R., 2017
Information Resources Management Association. (2013). Digital Literacy : Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Information Science Reference.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Rivoltella, P. C. (2008). Digital Literacy : Tools and Methodologies for Information Society. IGI Global.
Salim Salim, Asriyani Mulia Basri, Desy Liliani Husain, Afifah Nur Hidayah, & Nurhayati Nurhayati. (2020). The Use of Digital Literacy in Higher Education. Al-Ishlah: Jurnal Pendidikan, 12(1), 52–66. https://doi.org/10.35445/alishlah.v12i1.197

Authors

BOZHENOVA VALERIYA ALEKSANOVNA

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