1. Spend 5 minutes testing the prompts provided in a generative AI tool of your choice.
2. Make a list of things you like and dislike about the generative AI outputs to the prompts.
3. Watch the below video about Miro.
4. Discuss in your group whether tools like Miro are helpful and how they might help you brainstorm.
5. Consider which method you are more likely to use in the future for brainstorming and why: generative AI, a tool like Miro, or will you stick to traditional methods?
ChatGPT – https://chat.openai.com
Microsoft Co-pilot – https://copilot.cloud.microsoft/
Perplexity – https://www.perplexity.ai/
YouChat – https://you.com/chat/youchat
1. Give me ideas for a research question on [insert topic].
2. I’m an undergraduate University student writing my dissertation on [insert topic]. Give me three concise but informative ideas for a research question.
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Can you give me three more research questions similar to this one: [paste in your favourite]
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What are the perspectives, trends, and critiques I should consider to ensure my dissertation is comprehensive but achievable?
3. ROLE: You are a world expert on [insert topic] who teaches at a University in the UK. You are helping a student brainstorm ideas for their dissertation.
TASK: You are to provide a brief overview of the trends in your field, and then offer suggestions for research questions relating to each trend.
FORMAT: When producing the trend overviews, consider perspectives, trends, and critiques that will help the student get started with their dissertation. When producing the research questions, consider that the dissertation is [insert word count] and should be appropriate for an undergraduate student