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From Freakout to Trusted Feedback Companion: One Academic’s Cautious Journey Toward AI Adoption
Explore an academic's journey from skepticism to cautious adoption of AI in education, delving into ethical concerns, learning curves, and the potential benefits for writing pedagogy. Gain insights from a mid-adopter's perspective on AI integration, student learning, and the evolving landscape of educational AI use.
How to Write AI-Powered Literature Reviews: Balancing Speed, Depth, and Breadth in Academic Research
There are so many AI-powered lit search engines on the market today. This blog helps you figure out why they’re useful and differentiates some of the main products to try.
Systems Thinking: AI, Higher Education, Purpose of Education, Future of Work
Learn about how generative AI is shaping higher education, the purpose of education, and the future of work in this interview between Jessica Parker and David Shapiro.
AI-Powered Research and Planning for Dissertation/Thesis Introduction & Literature Review
Embarking on a dissertation or thesis can be overwhelming, particularly in the initial stages of research and planning. AI tools have emerged as powerful allies, transforming the way doctoral students approach these challenges.
Leveraging ChatGPT-4 and Moxie Tools for Dissertation Success
Doctoral students embarking on dissertations can find unparalleled support in ChatGPT-4* and AI Lab's unique tools. While ChatGPT-4 offers a solid foundation in various aspects of dissertation writing, our AI Lab tools provide specialized assistance, elevating your academic work.
Deciphering the Role of Generative AI in Education: A Framework for Value and Viability
The arrival of public access to Large Language Models (LLMs such as ChatGPT, Bard, Claude, etc.) has sparked an important conversation among educators: Where does Generative AI (GenAI) fit in the world of learning and teaching? Using Turovsky's ideas on how well AI can communicate, how accurate it is, and what's at risk, we've added a new layer to the discussion—complexity. This piece is crucial because it helps us understand how well GenAI can handle the sophisticated language tasks that are so vital in academia.
Beyond Words: Embracing the Age of Easy-to-Generate Visuals in Research
In today's fast-paced academic landscape, traditional methods of conveying complex ideas are evolving. Enter the world of visual prompts—a transformative tool that holds the promise of enhancing academic writing and ideation.
Leveraging ScholarAI and GPT-4 for Efficient Research Synthesis: A Case Study on Creating a Literature Matrix
This post demonstrates how to use ScholarAI alongside GPT-4 to create a literature matrix.
A Prompt-driven Approach to Academic Writing and Revising
The advent of prompt-driven approaches heralds a significant shift in the landscape of academic writing and revising. This post offers a step in the direction of using AI in a transformative way for academic writing support, and the Academic Insight Lab continues to pioneer in this exciting domain.
The Postdigital Era and Postplagiarism: Unpacking Complexities in Hybrid Human-AI Collaboration
In the postdigital era marked by interconnected human and AI technologies, The Academic Insight Lab leads the movement by embracing new possibilities for knowledge creation, promoting ethical collaboration with large language models, and redefining research, writing, and originality with an ethos of working smarter, not harder.
How to Use ChatPDF to Quickly Summarize and Extract Information from Research Articles
ChatPDF is a web-based platform that allows users to convert their PDF files into editable documents that can be easily modified, annotated, and shared with others. ChatPDF can be used to help students and researchers to make the most of their time by increasing their efficiency and productivity when working with PDF files. ChatPDF works by analyzing text in a PDF file and summarizing relevant information. Users can ask questions to quickly extract information.