AI Literacies in Practice Series

Communicative and Cognitive AI Literacies

October 27, 2026 | 10:00 AM EDT | 1 Hour

The Conversation That Changes How You Think

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Speakers

Dr. Angela Gunder

CEO & Founder, Opened Culture

Dr. Cristi Ford

Chief Learning Officer

Sean McMinn

Director of the Center for Education Innovation, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

About This Webinar

The earliest interactions most people had with AI looked like a transaction: type a prompt, get an answer, move on. But something has shifted. The conversation with AI is becoming a real conversation, one where context builds, ideas develop across exchanges, and the relationship between the person and the tool starts to reshape how both operate. This session explores what happens when communicating with AI stops being reactive and starts being relational, and what that shift reveals about how we think and learn.

What You’ll Learn

Beyond the Answerbot

Communicative AI literacies started with learning how to get useful outputs from a prompt. But the practice has evolved far beyond inputs and outputs. Today it looks like sustained dialogue, where tone, identity, context, and intention all shape what AI produces and what the person produces in return. This session explores what it means to engage with AI as a communicative partner rather than a search bar, and why that distinction matters for every educator in the room.

Thinking About Your Own Thinking

Cognitive AI literacies ask a question that most people never pause long enough to consider: how is working with AI changing the way I think? When learners and educators engage with AI over time, something shifts in how they approach problems, evaluate information, and reflect on their own reasoning. This session explores what becomes visible when people start paying attention to those shifts and using them intentionally.

Two Dimensions That Deepen Together

The richer your dialogue with AI becomes, the more it surfaces about your own thinking. And the more aware you become of how you think and learn, the more intentional your next conversation with AI can be. These two dimensions build on each other in ways that become clearer over time, and this session invites participants to trace that progression in their own experience.