ChatGPT and Research: A New Tool to Help with Old Problems
Wednesday, March 1, 12:15 - 1:15
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Presenter: Zach Claybaugh, Student Success Librarian, UConn Libraries
Remember when Wikipedia was viewed as an unreliable wilderness of crowd-sourced information? Students were encouraged to ignore it in Google searches and dig elsewhere for the information they needed. Eventually, it was recognized as a tool that students can use to learn basic information, find potentially valuable keywords, and look for sources to pursue in their research. Now Wikipedia is generally recommended as a starting point and has even been mainstreamed enough in higher education that classes will even engage in for-credit editathons of Wikipedia entries. Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are currently viewed with significant skepticism, like early Wikipedia.
While issues around academic integrity are more complicated with ChatGPT, it can be used ethically and productively to remove research-starter stumbling blocks (background, keywords, scholarship to consult). In this session we will explore how it can enhance the research toolkit for students and get them moving faster towards a hopefully more comprehensive and informed research outcome. Bring an open mind, some example research prompts, and some of the typical barriers your students experience in research for your classes.
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For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu