The Role of AI in Transforming Literacy: Insights into Reading and Writing Processes

Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents emerging opportunities and challenges within the field of literacy, compelling a deeper exploration of its potential impact on how we read and write in an increasingly digital society. While AI has the capacity to transform education by offering personalized learning experiences and enhancing access to diverse materials, its role in literacy is still evolving and not yet widely recognized. This research seeks to explore how AI can reshape the educational landscape, potentially fostering critical thinking and adaptive learning among students. However, it also raises ethical and pedagogical questions that warrant careful investigation. Understanding how AI integrates into literacy practices requires clarity on both its advantages and the complex concerns it poses, emphasizing the need for further comprehensive research.

This Research Topic aims to scrutinize the dual role of AI in literacy development, exploring both its transformative potential and the associated risks in educational settings. By delving into how AI tools influence reading comprehension and writing production, the goal is to uncover strategies that not only advance literacy skills but also promote equitable and inclusive learning environments.

To gather further insights within this critical field, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:

• Analysis of the impact of generative text tools on creative and academic writing.
• Exploration of how AI-based technologies can support the development of reading competencies, including text interpretation and meaning construction.
• Evaluation of pedagogical strategies for integrating AI tools into reading and writing instruction at different educational levels.
• Studies on how AI personalizes learning processes and its influence on student motivation and autonomy in reading and writing activities.
• Research on the effects of AI-mediated feedback on the learning of reading and writing skills.
• Analysis of the ethical and social implications of using AI in developing critical literacy competencies.
• Empirical and theoretical contributions that offer fresh perspectives and evidence-based practices are highly encouraged.

Empirical and theoretical contributions that offer fresh perspectives and evidence-based practices are highly encouraged.

Article types and fees

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• Brief Research Report
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Policy and Practice Reviews
• Review
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Literacy, Reading and Writing, Educational Technology, Critical Skills

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.