Google, AI Literacy, and the Learning Sciences: Multiple Modes of Research, Industry, and Practice Partnerships
2026-04-08 • Computers and Society
Computers and SocietyArtificial Intelligence
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The authors discuss how teaching everyone about AI is hard and needs many groups to work together. They look at projects involving Google to see how companies and researchers can team up to improve AI education. Through talks and discussions, the authors explore when and how these partnerships happen, what influences their goals, and where new teamwork opportunities might arise. Their goal is to learn how to better collaborate for AI learning in the future.
AI literacyindustry partnershipstechnology companiesresearch collaborationGoogleeducationsymposiumlife cyclestakeholders
Authors
Victor R. Lee, Michael Madaio, Ben Garside, Aimee Welch, Kristen Pilner Blair, Ibrahim Oluwajoba Adisa, Alon Harris, Kevin Holst, Liat Ben Rafael, Ronit Levavi Morad, Ben Travis, Belle Moller, Andrew Shields, Zak Brown, Lois Hinx, Marisol Diaz, Evan Patton, Selim Tezel, Robert Parks, Hal Abelson, Adam Blasioli, Jeremy Roschelle
Abstract
Enabling AI literacy in the general population at scale is a complex challenge requiring multiple stakeholders and institutions collaborating together. Industry and technology companies are important actors with respect to AI, and as a field, we have the opportunity to consider how researchers and companies might be partners toward shared goals. In this symposium, we focus on a collection of partnership projects that all involve Google and all address AI literacy as a comparative set of examples. Through a combination of presentations, commentary, and moderated group discussion, the session, we will identify (1) at what points in the life cycle do research, practice, and industry partnerships clearly intersect; (2) what factors and histories shape the directional focus of the partnerships; and (3) where there may be future opportunities for new configurations of partnership that are jointly beneficial to all parties.