IPILM is a learning environment that promotes collaborative knowledge construction among students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Educators and learners from various countries take part in an intercultural learning endeavor.
Dear students, instructors and visitors,
thank you for taking part in the 7th Conference on “Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy”.
As mentioned, we created a survey to gather your opinions and thoughts on the conference. It’s completely anonymous and takes about 3-5 Minutes. We’d ask you to participate so we can improve future conferences that meet your expectations and interests: https://survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/919939?lang=en
– Your IPILM Team
We’re happy to announce Dr. Nicola Marae Allain as our keynote speaker on the 7th onlince conference on “Intercultural perspectives on information literacy and meta literacy” who will talk about
Mindful Metaliteracy in the Age of Generative AI: Attention, Reflection, and Human Agency
Abstract
Generative AI is reshaping how we create, interpret, and communicate knowledge, making reflective judgment and intentional meaning-making more essential than ever. This keynote explores how a metaliterate emphasis on metacognition, authorship, and ethical participation aligns with Ellen Langer’s scholarly work on mindfulness as active, context-sensitive awareness and orientation to learning. Drawing briefly on a classical story from the Zhuangzi on the relationship between mind and machine, the talk highlights how learners can approach AI-generated texts and imagery with greater attention, flexibility, and creative autonomy. The SUNY FACT2 AI Guides and evaluation instrument and Allain and Mackey’s forthcoming book on AI and Metaliteracy are introduced as practical tools for supporting ethical and intentional adoption. Through examples from visual research and interdisciplinary practice, the session demonstrates how mindful metaliteracy can cultivate more thoughtful, creative, and human-centered engagement with generative AI.
Dr. Nicola Marae Allain is Professor of Arts and Media at SUNY Empire State University and co-editor of AI and Metaliteracy: Empowering Learners for the Generative Revolution (Allain & Mackey, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025). She co-authored the 2nd and 3rd editions of the SUNY FACT² Guide to Optimizing AI in Higher Education and co-chairs SUNY FACT² committees on AI for Teaching, Learning, and Accessibility. Her research and creative practice span digital media arts, visual pedagogy, and emerging technologies, exploring how the arts, culture, and innovation intersect to shape reflective and ethical learning in digital environments. Dr. Allain brings a global, interdisciplinary, and multilingual perspective. She is dedicated to empowering learners to engage critically, creatively, and ethically in an evolving technological world.
The online conference takes place on 11th december 2025, 14.00 – 17.45 CET via BigBlueButton: https://meet.gwdg.de/b/joa-fwe-eor-dys.
On December 11th, 2025 the 7th online conference on “Intercultural perspectives on information literacy and meta literacy” will take place.
Students from Austria, Germany, India, Poland and US will present the results of their research on six topics about the influence of AI in various areas. You can find all information, time slots and the link for participation on the conference poster below:
The International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) took place from 14th to 17th October 2025, in Heraklion, Greece. The facilitated discussion on
The influence of Artificial intelligence on relational dynamics in Virtual Exchange (VE)
focused on two key questions:
1. How is AI currently used in Virtual Exchange to enhance relational dynamics and support intercultural collaboration?
2. What areas of AI application could further strengthen collaboration, and what ethical considerations must be adressed?
The team leading the session consisted of instructors of two projects which experienced an increased use of AI among participating students to enhance task-based collaboration: Our project Intercultural Perspectives on Information literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM) and the Global Case Study Challenge.
Participants of the discussion brainstormed AI driven solutions to promote more effective communication and cultural sensitivity and to support conflict resolution while considering ethical challenges, f.e. bias and over reliance on technology. The results should provide a foundation for future research and pratical implementation of AI tools to deepen collaboration in Virtual Exchange endeavors.
You can find the presentation slides here.
The European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) took place from 22nd to 25th September 2025, in Bamberg, Germany. Three instructors from our IPILM Project Team held a presentation on
„Combining Information Literacy and Metaliteracy to Advance Transnational Group Learning about AI. Learning Process and Learning Outcomes, Results from a Case Study“
About 50 conference participants attended the panel session. The team, consisting of Joachim Griesbaum, Stefan Dreisiebner and Tom Mackey, represented the entire instructor team that collaborated on the conference paper proceedings. They reported results from the IPILM course in winter term 2024/2025 with a focus on how feasible and acceptable the concept is as well as the learning success of the students. The data used for the case study was collected from a pre- and post-course survey. In combination with written reflections from the students and instructors evaluations the educational value of the project was explored.
The findings indicate that the IPILM concept with its unique intercultural learning environment is feasible and worthwhile for its participants. Furthermore, it was laid out that students need substantial learning support. The researchers recommend only highly motivated learners should be given access to such a learning scenario so they could gain the best possible learning experience.
Overall, the results show that the IPILM concept appears to be clear and flexible enough to be applied more widely. Further steps are to refine the concept and expand the project.
The long paper will be published in March 2026 with the conference proceedings:
Griesbaum, J., Dreisiebner, S., Adilović, E., Berniak-Woźny, J., Bhattacharya, S., Jacob, J., Mackey, T., & Thadathil, T. (2026): Combining Information Literacy and Metaliteracy to Advance Transnational Group Learning about AI. Learning process and learning outcomes, results from a case study, in: Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), 22.-25.9.2025, Bamberg, Germany. (in print, to be published in March 2026)
Here you can find the presentation slides.
In the upcoming winter term 2025/2026, we will have another transnational online course on “Intercultural perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy”. You can find all information on the infographic. Updates for the conference coming soon!
