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DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026

Foreword

IncollaborationwithTecnológicodeMonterreyandInstitutefortheFutureofEducation,theDigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026representsamajorregionalresearcheffort,buildingontheCouncil’spreviousglobalstudies—theGlobalAIStudentSurvey2024andGlobalAIFacultySurvey2025.ThisreportbringstogetherbothstudentandfacultyperspectivesonAIineducation,examiningattitudes,AIliteracy,currentusage,

preferences,expectations,andkeyconcernsrelatedtoAIinlearningandteaching.

Thissurveyhasgatheredover30,000responses—including22,941fromstudentsand7,319fromfaculty—across29highereducationinstitutionsinLatin

America,makingitthelargestregionalsurveyofitskind.ThesurveyrevealsacceleratingAIadoptionamongbothstudentsandfaculty,alongsidepersistentAIliteracygaps.IthighlightsthecriticalroleofAIliteracyinfuturereadiness,identi?esmissedopportunitiesformeaningfulAIuseineducation,surfaces

governanceandcommunicationgaps,andre?ectsongoingconcernsaboutAI’spotentialnegativeimpactonlearning.Together,theseinsightsoffervaluableguidanceforinstitutionsseekingtodevelopthoughtful,student-andfaculty-centredAIstrategies.

ThispresentationalsoreferencesthewidersuiteofDigitalEducationCouncilpublications,includingtheDECGlobalAISurveys,NextEraofAssessment,andtheDECAIGovernanceFramework—allofwhichareavailabletoDECmembersat.

Forfeedbackandinquiries

HuiRong,Research&IntelligenceLead

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FathinahSubhan,Research&IntelligenceAssociate

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DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026

DECLeadershipNote

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W-earepleasedtopresentthepublicationoftheDigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026,incollaborationwithTecnológicodeMonterreyandtheInstitutefortheFutureofEducation.Thisreportmarksthe?rstinaseriesofregionalsurveysandotherregionalworktobeconductedbytheCouncilfortheprimaryuseofourmembers.

Thisreportmarksapivotalmomentforglobalforesightindigitaltransformation.OurresearchrevealsthattheLatinAmericanmarketisquiteadvancedintheAIadoptioncurve,with92%ofstudentsand79%offacultyactivelyengagingwithAI—ratesthatwouldseemtosurpasstheglobaltrendsidenti?edinour

previoussurveywork.ThischallengeassumptionsaboutadoptionsinmarketsthatmightnotbeconsideredtobeleadingthedevelopmentofcommercialAImodelsinthewaythattheUnitedStatesandChinaappeartobe.

Thismomentum,however,isdeeplytemperedbystudents’increasingawarenessofthechallengesofAI.Aclearmajorityofstudents(65%)worryaboutAIleadingtoshallowlearningandanabsenceoffairnessinassessment(56%)anddataprivacy(56%).

Forleadersworldwide,thisreportisaclearsign:thetimefordebatingAI’splaceisover.Theimperativeistourgentlyestablishtransparentgovernance,closethecon?denceandskillsgapbymandatingpracticalAIliteracytrainingforbothfacultyandstudents,andcommittoassessmentredesignthatpreserves

academicintegrityandfosterstheessentialhigher-orderthinkingskillsforthefutureworkforce.

AlessandroDiLullo

ChiefExecutiveOfficer

DanielA.Bielik

President

DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026

ParticipatingInstitutionsandContributors

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ThebreadthanddiversityofperspectivescapturedintheAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026wouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthestrongsupportandcontributionsoftheparticipatinginstitutionswhofacilitatedsurveydistributionacrosstheregion.WewouldliketoextendoursincerethankstoAIGlobalEducationNetwork(AIGEN)andtheEducationalInnovationNetwork(RIE360)fortheirvaluablesupportinbroadeningthereachofthisresearch

acrosstheregion.

CETYSUniversidad,

México

ElColegiodeTamaulipas,

México

EscuelaSuperiorPolitécnicadelLitoral,

Ecuador

InstitutodeFormaciónLiverpool,

México

InterlineInstitutodeEstudiosSuperiores,

México

ISEADE-FEPADE,

ElSalvador

ITESO,UniversidadJesuitadeGuadalajara,

México

Ponti?ciaUniversidadCatólicadeChile,

Chile

TecnológicodeMonterrey,

México

UniversidadAdolfoIbá?ez,

Chile

UniversidadAnáhuacMéxico,

México

UniversidadAustral,

Argentina

UniversidadAutónomadeBajaCalifornia,

México

UniversidadAutónomadeChile,

Chile

UniversidadAutónomadeNuevoLeón,

México

UniversidaddeGuadalajara,

México

UniversidaddelMagdalena,

Colombia

UniversidaddelPaci?co,

Peru

UniversidadEAFIT,

Colombia

UniversidadIberoamericana,

México

UniversidadLaSalleLaguna,

México

UniversidadModeloCampusMérida,

México

UniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMéxico(UNAM),

México

UniversidadNacionaldelAltiplanodePuno,

Peru

UniversidadPedagógicaNacionalFranciscoMorazán,

Honduras

UniversidadPeruanadeCienciasAplicadas(UPC),

Peru

UniversidadPolitécnicadePuertoRico,

PuertoRico

UniversidadRafaelLandívar,

Guatemala

UniversidadVeracruzana,

México

DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026

TableofContents

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1.StudentAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

StudentsUseAIinTheirStudiesandExpecttoContinueatWorkStudentDigitalAccessinLatinAmericaisMobile-First

Two-ThirdsofStudentsReportPositiveSentimentTowardAI

StudentsUseAIFrequently,withChatGPTLeadingToolAdoption

InformationSearchTopstheListofAIUseCasesAmongstStudentsStudentsAreUsingAI,butTheyAreNotFullyComfortablewithIt

DataPrivacyConcernsMoreThanHalfofStudents

2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

ShiftingSentiment:FacultyCon?denceinAIisRising

FacultyAIAdoptionIsGrowing,butUsageRemainsConservativeAutomatingPreparation:HowFacultyUseAI

FacultySeeOver-RelianceonAIasaMajorLearningRisk

FacultyConcernOverBiasandAccuracyinAIisHigh

FacultyWorryaboutStudents’AIEvaluationSkills

AIIsanExpectedFutureforFaculty

FacultyExpectChange,butNotJobLoss

FacultySeeStrongNeedforAI-ResilientAssignments

RisingPressuretoRethinkStudentEvaluationMethods

SeniorityDoesNotEqualResistance

Top5SkillsofEducatorsintheAgeofAI

7–143.AILiteracy28–48

AssessingAILiteracy

Methodology:AILiteracyAssessmentUsingtheDECFramework

StudentAICompetencyPro?le

Awarenessvs.Ability:45%StillLearningtheBasics

CriticalGap:OverHalfofStudentsStruggletoCriticallyEvaluateAI

StudentsRecogniseEthicalRisksbutPracticeRemainsLimited

50%ofStudentsatEarlyStagesofHuman-CentredAIUse

CareerReadinessatRisk:HalfofStudentsCan’tApplyAItoTheirField15–27Students’AILiteracyShapesCon?denceinWorkforceReadiness

FutureReadinessRequiresAITraining

FacultyAICompetencyPro?le

FacultyAIUnderstandingRemainsUneven

MoreThanHalfofFacultyLackStrongCriticalJudgementofAIContent55%ofFacultyStillNeedtoImproveResponsibleAIUse

Human-CentredAISkillsGapPersistsAmong47%ofFaculty

55%DemonstrateAppliedAIExpertiseinTeachingandEducation

FacultySenseTransformation,butAILiteracyShapesForesight

AILiteracyIstheProductivityMultiplierforFaculty

IncreasedLiteracyLeadstoAI-PositiveFaculty

FacultyPerceptionsofAIIntegrationforWorkforceReadiness

DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026

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4.InstitutionalAISupportandResources

StudentsCallforAILiteracySupport

TopEnablersforDevelopingStudentAISkills

FacultyDoNotFeelSufficientlySupportedtoBuildAILiteracy

LackofAIKnowledgeIsthePrimaryBarriertoFacultyAIAdoptionTopEnablersforFacultyAIIntegration

5.AIIntegrationandUseCases

InstitutionsAreFallingBehindStudentExpectationsonAIBanningAIWouldDisappointMorethanHalfofStudents

AIMaterialsAreOKbyStudents

AMissedOpportunityinStudentFeedback

StudentsAreDividedonAI’sRoleinGrading

StudentsQuestiontheFairnessofAI-BasedAssessmentFacultySeeAI’sGreatestValueinHigher-OrderThinking

ActiveAIUseinClassandAssignmentsPreferredbyMostFaculty

49–54

55–63

FacultyAreUnsureWhetherTheirVoicesAreHeard

StudentsCallforImprovedAIGuidelinesandCommunicationsAThirdofFacultyAreFlyingBlindonAI

7.AboutDECandCopyrightDetails

DigitalEducationCouncilPublications

DigitalEducationCouncilExecutiveBrie?ngs

DigitalEducationCouncilMeetings

CopyrightandContactDetails

70–74

6.InstitutionalAIPolicyandGuidelines64–69

StudentsWorryAboutIntegrity,CallingforClearGuidelinesonAIUseStudentsSeekGreaterInvolvementinAIDecisions,yetFeelUnheard

1.StudentAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section1.StudentAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

StudentsUseAIinTheirStudiesandExpecttoContinueatWork

StudentAIUsageforLearning

Question:Haveyouused/areyouusingAIinyourlearning?

92%

+6%

86%1

StudentAIuse

comparedto2024GlobalAIStudentSurvey.

Global2024

LatinAmerica2026

StudentExpectationtoUseAIforFutureJobs

Question:IseemyselfusingAIinmyjobinthefuture.

73%

ofstudentsforeseethemselves

usingAIintheirfuturejobs

1DigitalEducationCouncilGlobalAIStudentSurvey2024.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section1.StudentAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

StudentDigitalAccessinLatinAmericaisMobile-First

StudentAccesstoElectronicDevices

Question:Doyouhaveanelectronicdeviceforpersonalorshareduse?

Mobilephone

84%

Tablet

23%

Laptop

61%

DesktopComputer

24%

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section1.StudentAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

Two-ThirdsofStudentsReportPositiveSentimentTowardAI

StudentSentimentonAIinEducation

Question:WhatisyouroverallsentimentonAIineducation?

Uncertain

26%

Very

Negative

Negative

4%

2%

VeryPositive

33%

68%

ofstudentsfeelpositiveorverypositiveaboutAI

Positive

35%

StudentsentimenttowardAIineducationislargelypositive

68%ofstudentsreportpositiveorverypositiveviewsofAIineducation,indicatingbroad

opennesstoAI-enabledlearning.

However,overaquarterofstudentsremain

uncertainaboutAI’srole,pointingtogapsin

understanding.Thissuggeststhatclearer

guidanceandAIliteracysupportareneededtohelpstudentsfullygraspAI’sroleand

implicationsintheirlearningexperience.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AlinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026ISection1.StudentAlAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

StudentsUseAlFrequentIy,withChatGPTLeadingTooIAdoption

FrequencyofStudent’sAlUsage

Question:HowoftendoyouuseAItoolssuchastheonesabove?

MostUsedAlTooIsbyStudents

Question:WhichAItoolsdoyouuseforyourcourse/programme?(Selectallthatapply)

Daily

Weekly

Sporadically(lessthanonceperweek)

67%

ofstudentsuseAIdailyorweekly,indicating

frequentAIuse

embeddedin

everydaylearning.

28%

39%

33%

GoogIeGemini

50%

ChatGPT

88%

MetaAl

29%

Microsoft

CopiIot

20%

Deepseek

17%

ChatGPTemergesasthemost

widelyusedAItool,with88%ofstudentsusingitintheirstudies.GoogleGeminirankssecondat50%.Inaddition,studentsreportusingarangeofotherAI

applications,includingCiciAI,

NotebookLM,Grok,andClaude.

PerpIexity

8%

*Responsesonlyincluderespondentswhoindicatedanswered‘Yes’to‘Haveyouused/areyouusingAIinyourlearning?’(n=21104)Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section1.StudentAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

InformationSearchTopstheListofAIUseCasesAmongstStudents

AIUseCasesbyStudents

Question:WhatdoyouusuallyusetheaboveAItoolsfor?(Selectallthatapply)

65%

1

Searchforinformation

61%

2

Getnewideasorstartadraft

Writingassistance

47%

3

Summarisedocuments

42%

4

Learningcompanion

31%

5

Languagetranslation

26%

6

Productionof

multimedia

material

17%

7

*Responsesonlyincluderespondentswhoindicatedanswered‘Yes’to‘Haveyouused/areyouusingAIinyourlearning?’(n=21104)Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section1.StudentAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

StudentsAreUsingAI,butTheyAreNotFullyComfortablewithIt

StudentConcernaboutDepthandQualityofLearningwithAI

Statement:IworrythatusingAIcouldmakelearningtooshallowanddiscouragecriticalthinkingandcreativity.

41%

27%

24%

5%

3%

StronglyAgree

Neutral

Disagree

Agree

StronglyDisagree

65%

ofstudentsfeelconcernedthatAImaymakelearningtooshallowanddiscouragecriticalthinkingand

creativity.

WhileAIuseamongstudentsisnearlyuniversalat92%(seepage8),aclearmajorityofstudentsexpressconcernthattheuseofAIcouldreducedepthoflearningandweakencritical

thinkingandcreativity.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section1.StudentAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

DataPrivacyConcernsMoreThanHalfofStudents

StudentSentimentonDataPrivacywhenUsingAITools

Statement:IamconcernedabouttheprivacyofmydatawhenusingAItools.

56%

ofstudentsexpressconcern

aboutdataprivacywhenusingAItools.

32%

31%

25%

8%

5%

StronglyAgree

Neutral

Disagree

Agree

StronglyDisagree

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

ShiftingSentiment:FacultyCon?denceinAIisRising

FacultySentimentonAIinEducation

Question:WhatisyouroverallsentimentonAIineducation?

VeryNegative

5%

Negative

8%

VeryPositive

24%

Uncertain

30%

57%

offacultyhave

positiveorvery

positive

sentiment1

Positive

33%

Global2025

Negative

2%VeryNegative1%

Uncertain

26%

VeryPositive

39%

72%

offacultyhavepositiveorvery

positive

sentiment

Positive

33%

LatinAmerica2026

1DigitalEducationCouncilGlobalAIFacultySurvey2025.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

FacultyAIAdoptionIsGrowing,butUsageRemainsConservative

FacultyAIUsageforTeaching

Question:Haveyouused/areyouusingAIinyourteaching?

ExtentofFacultyAIUsage

Question:TowhatextentdoyouuseAIinyourteaching?

79%

+18%

FacultyAIuse

61%1

comparedtoGlobalAIFacultySurvey2025.

Global2025

LatinAmerica2026

IntegraltomyTeaching

5%

ExtensiveUse

7%

Minimal

Use

10%

Limited

Use

27%

Moderate

Use

51%88%

offacultyreportminimaltomoderateAIuse,signallinga

cautiousapproachtoAIintegrationinteaching.

*Responsesonlyincluderespondentswhoindicatedanswered‘Yes’to‘Haveyouused/areyouusingAIinyourteaching?’(n=5782)1DigitalEducationCouncilGlobalAIFacultySurvey2025.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

AutomatingPreparation:HowFacultyUseAI

AIUseCasesbyFaculty

Question:WhatdoyouuseAIforinyourteaching?(chooseallthatapply)

76%

1

Createteachingmaterials

Productionof

multimedia

material

47%

2

Support

administrative

tasks

44%

3

Booststudent

engagementin

class

38%

4

Teach

studentshow

touseAI

36%

5

Languagetranslation

29%

6

Detectcheating

28%

7

Generate

feedbackforstudentwork

19%

8

*Responsesonlyincluderespondentswhoindicatedanswered‘Yes’to‘Haveyouused/areyouusingAIinyourteaching?’(n=5782)Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

FacultySeeOver-RelianceonAIasaMajorLearningRisk

FacultyConcernAboutOver-RelianceonAIbyStudents

Question:IamconcernedaboutthefollowingregardingAIintegrationintoteaching.

●StudentsbecomingtooreliantonAI

76%

offacultyexpressconcernaboutstudentsbecomingoverlyreliantonAI,with63%expressingstrongconcern.

3%2%

StronglyDisagree

19%

1

2

76%

3

13%

4

63%

5

StronglyAgree

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

FacultyConcernOverBiasandAccuracyinAIisHigh

FacultySentimentonBiasandAccuracywhenUsingAITools

Question:IamconcernedaboutthefollowingregardingAIintegrationintoteaching.

●BiasandaccuracyofAI-generatedcontentandinformation

38%

32%

25%

3%

2%

StronglyAgree

Neutral

Disagree

Agree

StronglyDisagree

70%

offacultyexpressconcernaboutbiasandaccuracywhenintegratingAIintoteaching.Theseconcernsare

compoundedbylimitedevaluative

capacity,as55%offacultyreport

lackingstrongcriticaljudgementwhenassessingAI-generatedcontent(seepage41).

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AlinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026ISection2.FacuItyAlAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

FacuItyWorryaboutStudents’AlEvaIuationSkiIIs

FacuItySentimentonStudentAbiIitytoCriticaIIyAssessAl-GeneratedOutput

Question:IamconcernedaboutthefollowingregardingAIintegrationintoteaching.

●AbilityofstudentstocriticallyevaluateAI-generatedoutput

52%

26%

17%

2%

3%

StronglyAgree

Neutral

Disagree

Agree

StronglyDisagree

78%

offacultyexpressstrongconcernaboutstudents’abilitytocriticallyevaluateAIoutput.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

AIIsanExpectedFutureforFaculty

ExpectationsofAIUseinFutureTeaching

Question:IseemyselfusingAIinmyteachingpracticesinthefuture.

94%

offacultyforeseeusingAIinfuture

teachingpractices.

“

Educationisthe?rstindustrytobewhollydisruptedbyAI

With94%offacultyexpectingtouseAIinfutureteachingpractices,AIisnolongerexperimentalinhighereducation—itisfundamentallyreshapingourday-to-dayreality.

Thisexpectationsignalsfurtherchangeahead:theemergenceofnewteachingmethods,the

integrationofAIintostudentassignments,the

redesignofassessmentandevaluationpractices,andtherapidriseofnewskillrequirementsas

facultyadapttoevolvingacademicroles.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AlinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026ISection2.FacuItyAlAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

FacuItyExpectChange,butNotJobLosses

PerceptionsonAl’slmpactontheRoIeoflnstructors

Question:HowmuchchangedoyouthinkAIwillbringtoyourroleasaninstructor?

FacuItyViewonAlBecomingaThreattoTheirJob

Question:IamconcernedaboutthefollowingregardingAIintegrationintoteaching:

●AIbecomingathreattomyjob

44%

32%

20%

3%

1%

MinimalChange

ModerateChange

No

Change

Signi?cantTransformativeChangeChange

76%

Majorityoffaculty

anticipatesigni?cantortransformative

changesdrivenbyAI.

12%

However,only12%offacultybelieveAIposes athreattotheirjobs, suggestingthat concernisfocusedon adaptationtoAIratherthandisplacement.

38%

28%

22%

7%

5%

Neutral

StronglyAgree

Disagree

Agree

StronglyDisagree

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

FacultySeeStrongNeedforAI-ResilientAssignments

FacultyViewontheNeedforAssignmentRedesign

Statement:IwillneedtoredesignmycurrentassignmentstomakethemmoreAIresistant.

40%

40%

offacultyexpressaneutral position,indicating uncertaintyorongoingevaluationofAI’simpactoncurrentassignments.

25%

23%

48%

Nearlyhalfoffacultybelieve

7%6%

assignmentredesignisnecessarytoensureeffectivenessand

preservingintendedlearningoutcomes.

Neutral

StronglyAgree

Disagree

Agree

StronglyDisagree

Percentagesdoesnotsumto100%duetorounding.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

RisingPressuretoRethinkStudentEvaluationMethods

FacultyViewontheNeedtoUpdateStudentEvaluationMethods

Question:HowdoyouthinkstudentevaluationmethodsshouldbeupdatedinresponsetotheimpactofAI?

Urgentneedforacompleterevampofevaluationmethods

Signi?cantchangesareneededsoon

17%

35%

Someupdatesareneeded34%Minoradjustmentscouldbebene?cial12%

Noneedtochange2%

52%

Overhalfoffacultyseeaneedfor

signi?cantchangestocurrent

studentevaluationmethods,with17%indicatingtheneedforanurgent,

StudentAssessment

TheDigitalEducationCouncil’s

NextEraof

Assessmentreport

introducesaDual-PriorityApproachtostudentassessment,designedtoensurethedevelopmentofboth

human-centricskillsandAIcapabilities.ThereportalsooutlinesemergingstrategiesforredesigningassessmentstobeAI-resilient.

completerevamp.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

SeniorityDoesNotEqualResistance

FacultyAIUsageandAttitudesbyTeachingExperienceFacultyUsed/AreUsingAIinTeaching

81%

81%

79%

82%

75%

0?5years6?10years11?15years16?20years

FacultyExpecttoUseAIinTeachingintheFuture

20+years

94%

94%

94%

94%

94%

0?5years6?10years11?15years16?20years20+years

FacultySeeAIinEducationasanOpportunityRatherThanaChallenge

69%70%70%71%69%

0?5years6?10years11?15years16?20years20+years

0?5years(n=1322),6?10years(n=1351),11?15years(n=1382),16?20years(n=955),20+years(n=2309),Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

SeniorFaculty

MoreResistanttoAI

FacultyAIusageshowsnosigni?cantvarianceforyearsofteachingexperience.Facultywithmorethan20yearsof

experiencereportAIusageratesonly7%lowerthanthosewithlessexperience.

Beyondusage,facultyperspectivesandattitudestowardAIineducationareremarkablyconsistentacrossteachingexperiencelevels,withlittlevariationacrossnearlyall

surveyquestions.

These?ndingschallengethecommonassumptionthatseniorfacultyaremoreresistanttoAI-drivenchange.

Instead,thedatapointtostructuralandsupport-relatedfactors—ratherthanexperienceorseniority—asthe

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primarybarrierstoAIadoption.

AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section2.FacultyAIAttitudes,Usage,andConcerns

Top5SkillsofEducatorsintheAgeofAI

Top5SkillsofEducators

Question:Inyourview,whatarethetopskillsthataneducatorwillneedintheageofAIanddigital?(chooseupto5outof9)

Facilitatingstudents’criticalthinkingandlearning

ExpertiseinethicalandresponsibleAI&tech

Innovatingpedagogy

AI&digitalliteracy

Adaptabilityand?exibility

61

60

54

51

48

010203040506070

Facilitatingcriticalthinkingisseenasthemost

importantskillforeducatorswith61%indicatingitasessential.Closelyfollowing,expertiseinethicalandresponsibleAIandtechnologyuse(60%)emergesasthesecondmostimportantcapabilityforfutureeducators.

Facultyalsoemphasisetheneedforcontinuous

pedagogicalinnovationandadaptability,

highlightingthateducatorsareexpectedto

continuallyevolvetheirteachingpracticestokeeppacewithrapidtechnologicalandsocietalchange.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026.

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3.AILiteracy

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AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section3.AILiteracy

AssessingAILiteracy

AILiteracyAssessment

ThissectionassessesAI

literacyamongstudentsandfaculty,basedonthe

Digital

EducationCouncilAILiteracy

Framework

.Theframeworkevaluatesliteracyacross?vedimensionsandde?ned

competencylevels,enablingsystematicanalysisand

comparisonofAIliteracythroughoutthereport.

Source:DigitalEducationCouncilAILiteracyFramework

AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section3.AILiteracy

Methodology:AILiteracyAssessmentUsingtheDECFramework

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AILiteracyAssessment

BuildingonthethreeAI

competencylevelsde?nedintheDECAILiteracy

Framework,thissurvey

developedanAILiteracyAssessmenttoolto

measureAIliteracyamongbothstudentsandfacultyacrossthe?vekey

dimensions.

AIinHigherEducationLatinAmericaSurvey2026|Section3.AILiteracy

StudentAICompetencyPro?le

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Basedonthethreecompetencylevelsacrossthe?vedimensionsde?nedintheDECAILiteracyFramework,StudentAILiteracyPro?lesareassessedandmappedbelow,comparingcurrentscoreswiththerecommendedmasterylevelsproposedintheFramework.

AICompetencyPro?le

1

UnderstandingAIandData

1.5

CriticalThinking

1.5

3

Ethicaland

ResponsibleAIUse

1.5

4

Human