Digital Literacy For Elementary School Students In The Artificial Intelligence Era
Shofi Siti Nurjanah, Riza Alrkhman, Pathin Haifa Khairunnisa, Lena Amelia, Sinta Rohaeni, Rani Ruspita

Department of Teacher Professional Education Program, Faculty of Education,
Universitas Terbuka, South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

Abstract

Fast evolution of AI technologies changes the digital context in which today^s elementary school students study, communicate, and acquire knowledge. Under the influence of this evolution, the concept of digital literacy expands beyond merely technological skills and incorporates various critical, ethical, and creative competencies closely related to character values that young people need to form in order to become responsible citizens in the future. While the importance of incorporating character education with digital literacy programs is increasing rapidly, there lacks comprehensive literature analysis in the field, which would provide detailed information about how the two domains are interrelated, how they operate in the era of AI, and what intervention measures can be used to enhance digital literacy with respect to character values in elementary schools. To address the identified research gap, the present Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was conducted according to the PRISMA 2020 protocol, which synthesizes global scholarly data on: (1) conceptual connection between character education and digital literacy in elementary education, (2) important digital literacy competencies in the era of AI, (3) character education values, which should be incorporated in digital literacy programs, and (4) instructional approaches and interventions to foster character education-based digital literacy in elementary schools. A systematic database search was performed in Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC, PubMed, and Google Scholar, revealing 1,183 initial records of which 25 articles from 2015 to 2024 were included after undergoing double screening. Results of the synthesis show that AI era digital literacy involves multi-dimensional competencies across technological, critical, ethical, communicative, and creative dimensions- responsibility, empathy, honesty, and respect are the key character values that should be integrated into the digital literacy training programs- and project-based, inquiry-oriented, and culturally responsive pedagogies are more efficient in this regard. Possible implications for Indonesian elementary education are outlined within the framework of the Profil Pelajar Pancasila model.

Keywords: artificial intelligence literacy- character education- digital citizenship- digital literacy- elementary school- Profil Pelajar Pancasila

Topic: AI for Learning