Doing Modern Research: AI, Open Science & Navigating the New Research Landscape

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How do you find, organize, and make sense of scholarly knowledge given the millions of academic research papers published each year? In this mini course, you will learn how to develop a research question and use high-quality AI and free software tools to find, organize, and assess research literature to support it. Throughout this process, we will explore topics such as the ethics of generative AI, how research is conducted, and scholarly identity. Special attention will be paid to open science and its impact on equity, inclusion, and public trust in research. Students will explore academic research in interdisciplinary topics, as well as topics of their own choosing. Students will gain skills they can apply to other course projects, research experiences, or in the workforce to guide decision-making.