LOEX 2026

This session presents a classroom-tested assignment designed to help students critically evaluate AI-generated text while strengthening core research and information literacy skills. Developed by a librarian and history instructor seeking productive ways to teach research in the age of AI, the activity has students prompt an AI to write a historical essay and then verify each factual claim using scholarly sources. The presentation will include assignment materials, student reflections and ACRL framework connections. Attendees will leave with adaptable strategies for integrating AI into instruction in ways that promote inquiry, source evaluation, and responsible tool use.

Participants will:
1. Recognize how evaluating AI connects to key concepts in the ACRL Framework.
2. Be able to create an AI fact-checking assignment to strengthen student research skills.
3. Be able to adapt the assignment structure to their own instructional contexts.