Discussion

How To Use These Prompts

Use these prompts for pair work, breakout groups, or end-of-session reflection. They are grouped around the three lessons in the course so they can be used during delivery or as a follow-up resource afterwards.

Introduction to AI for Research

Use alongside Introduction to AI for Research.

  1. Which parts of the research lifecycle feel most changed by AI already?
  2. Where does AI save time in your work, and where does it simply move the effort into checking?
  3. What kinds of AI use would feel clearly defensible in your context?
  4. What should remain a human responsibility even if AI tools become more capable?

Prompting for Research

Use alongside Prompting for Research.

  1. What makes a prompt useful for research rather than generic chat?
  2. Which tasks benefit most from source boundaries and explicit uncertainty prompts?
  3. What counts as enough validation before you reuse or repeat an AI-generated claim?
  4. When is it worth turning repeated prompting into a documented workflow or agent?

Applied AI for Research

Use alongside Applied AI for Research.

  1. Which tool fits your task, and how will you check what evidence it can access?
  2. What might an AI-assisted literature search or synthesis leave out?
  3. How would you verify a suggested code, statistical result or proposed research gap?
  4. Which grant or automation decisions require human review, and why?

Documentation and Disclosure

Use after any lesson when learners are thinking about defensibility and accountability.

  1. What would you need to record so you could explain your AI use a month later?
  2. Which uses belong in a methods note, which belong in an internal log, and which may need no formal disclosure?
  3. What would make a team-level AI workflow transparent rather than invisible?
  4. How much documentation is enough without becoming bureaucratic?

Group Debrief Format

For a focused five-minute room activity, choose one question above. Spend one minute thinking individually, two minutes comparing in pairs, one minute recording a decision and its evidence, and one minute hearing two pairs report to the room. Keep a note stating what we would do, what we would check and what remains uncertain.

Use the fictional practice source if you do not have a permitted real example. No AI account is needed. The debrief should distinguish an evidence-backed answer from a policy question that still needs a local source.

After a small-group discussion, ask each group to report:

  • one use of AI they would keep
  • one use of AI they would restrict or redesign
  • one practical habit they would adopt next week

End-of-Course Reflection

  1. What is one thing you now trust AI less for?
  2. What is one thing you can now use AI for more confidently?
  3. Which validation or documentation habit will you adopt first?
  4. What question about AI use still needs a policy, governance, or local support answer?

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