AI 可以协助产生想法、数据分析和思维导图等。以下是一些任何学者都应该关注的工具
随着越来越多的生成式人工智能（AI） 工具和软件每天都在开发和改进，不适当使用这项技术的高等教育专业人士可能会落后。以下是您可以在研究、教学和学习中使用的七种 AI 工具：
1.使用 Gemini 产生想法
Gemini 是 Google 版本的 ChatGPT，可用于产生研究思路和问题。您应该尝试与构建研究问题相关的不同提示，因为您提出问题的方式可以决定工具回答的质量。
例如，以下两个相似但不同的提示会产生不同的结果。提示一：“您能否使用以下陈述帮助我构建一篇研究论文：童年时期运动的负面经历如何影响以后的体育运动参与？提示二：“您能否使用以下陈述帮助我构建一篇研究论文：童年时期缺乏体育素养知识与成年后参加体育运动有何关系？对于每个提示，Gemini 将为您提供不同的研究目标、文献综述建议和方法选项。
虽然提示背后的基本思想相似（即童年参与体育运动与晚年参加体育运动的比较），但我们正在调查影响它的不同因素（例如，早期运动的负面经历与缺乏体育素养）。
提醒一句：当 Gemini 在其数据库中找不到答案时，它可能会产生幻觉信息，包括参考资料。因此，仔细检查引用材料的准确性非常重要。
2. Elicit 的研究协助
Elicit 查找与您的研究问题相关的论文，并提供与您的查询相关的热门论文的摘要。键入您感兴趣的关键字，然后按相关性或标题等标准筛选结果。Elicit 还支持将每个研究主题批量导入到您选择的参考文献管理软件中。
3.使用 Julius AI 进行数据分析
Julius 利用计算 AI 的强大功能来帮助您分析研究数据。导入您的数据并提示该工具帮助您提取有意义的见解。例如，如果您有一个包含“之前”和“之后”数据的研究，并且您想要执行配对样本 t 检验，请输入提示“对'前分数'和'后分数'列执行配对 t 检验”。然后，Julius 将提供该数据集的 p 值。
您还可以使用 Julius 自定义图形、表格和图表，快速准确地清理数据，或扫描并解决数学、化学和物理问题。
4. Learnt AI 的教学辅助
使用此工具可以处理教学任务，从课程设计和目标设定到基于游戏的评估，以鼓励课堂参与。
例如，选择“抗 AI 作业”工具，该工具允许您创建旨在抵抗 AI 工具解决方案的任务，输入您的主题和学生的年龄，然后输入与所需学习结果一致的简单提示，例如，“解释血压对有氧运动与等长运动的反应”。然后，点击 “生成” 按钮，将列出前两三个想法。在这个例子中，学生可以在以下两个选项之间进行选择：设计并进行一个小组实验来调查这些差异，或者写一篇整合的反思性文章：
他们对两种运动类型的个人经验
分析这些经历如何与有关该主题的科学文献保持一致或不同
应用这些新知识来展示他们将如何改变未来的锻炼设计。
5. 使用 ZeroGPT 进行 AI 内容检测
将学生的作业文件上传到此工具，以识别 AI 生成的内容。ZeroGPT 拥有高精度和多文件上传能力，并在每次检测结束时自动生成报告。将选择每个 AI 编写的句子，并显示一个带有 AI 文本百分比的仪表。
带 Feedly 的 6. RSS Feed 阅读器
与其在社交媒体上滚动，不如使用 Feedly 滚动浏览您所在领域的最新研究文章。您可以使用 Really Simple Syndication （RSS） 提要创建一个“为您”定制的研究页面，RSS 提要是一种网络工具，允许用户跟踪和跟踪他们最喜欢的与他们感兴趣的领域相关的学术网站上的更改。
任何发表在您关注的期刊上且与您的工作相关的原创文章都会直接进入您的“for you”页面。免费版可以帮助您了解一个研究项目的文章，这是博士学习的理想选择，但如果您是有多个正在进行的项目的首席研究员，您可以选择升级到付费计划。
7. 使用 Heuristica 进行思维导图
如果您或您的学生是视觉学习者或思考者，您可以使用 Heuristica 的 AI 技术快速轻松地创建思维和概念图。该工具可以帮助您更好地了解您对特定主题的想法，并有助于信息保留或产生想法。
混合使用 AI 工具作为您实践的补充（而不是替代品）将使您能够推动研究并改进您的教学。
Natalie K.D. Seedan 是西印度群岛大学 Cave Hill 校区的运动科学实验室技术员和兼职讲师。
AI can assist with idea generation, data analysis and mind-mapping, among others. Here are some tools that should be on any academic’s radar
With more generativeartificial intelligence(AI) tools and software being developed or improved upon daily, higher education professionals who don’t use this technology appropriately risk being left behind. Here are seven AI tools that you can use in your research,teaching and learning:
1.Idea generation with Gemini
Gemini is Google’s version of ChatGPT and can be used to generate research ideas and questions. You should experiment with different prompts related to framing your research question, because how you ask the questions can dictate the quality of the tool’s response.
For instance, the following two, similar, but different prompts, produce different results. Prompt one: “Could you help me frame a research paper using the following statement: how do negative experiences of sports in childhood impact on participation in sports in later life?” Prompt two: “Could you help me frame a research paper using the following statement: How does lack of physical literacy knowledge in childhood relate to sports participation in adulthood?” For each prompt, Gemini will give you different research objectives,literature reviewsuggestions and methodology options.
While the underlying idea behind the prompts is similar (i.e., the comparison of sports participation in childhood versus later in life), we are investigating distinct factors impacting it (e.g., negative early experiences in sport versus lack of physical literacy).
A word of caution: when Gemini can’t find an answer in its databanks, it might hallucinate information, including references. Therefore, it’s important to double-check cited material for accuracy.
2. Research assistance with Elicit
Elicit finds papers relevant to your research question and provides summaries of the top papers related to your query. Type in your keywords of interest and then filter results by criteria such as relevancy or title. Elicit also enables bulk imports per research topic into your chosen reference management software.
3.Data analysis with Julius AI
Julius uses the power of computational AI to help you analyse your research data. Import your data and prompt the tool to help you extract meaningful insights. For instance, if you have a research study with “before” and “after” data and you would like to perform a paired-samples t-test, input the prompt, “Perform a paired t-test on the ‘before score’ and ‘after score’ columns”. Julius will then provide your p-value for that dataset.
You can also use Julius to customise your graphs, tables and charts, clean your data quickly and accurately or scan-and-solve mathematics, chemistry and physics problems.
4. Teaching assistance with Learnt AI
Use this tool to handle teaching tasks ranging fromlesson designingand objective setting to games-based assessments planned to encourage in-class participation.
For example, select the “AI-Resistant Assignments” tool that allows you to create tasks that are designed to be resistant to solutions by AI tools, type in your topic and the age of your students before entering a simple prompt that aligns with a desiredlearning outcome, such as, “To explain blood pressure responses to aerobic versus isometric exercise”. Then, hit the “generate” button and the top two or three ideas will be listed. In this example, the students can choose between the following two options: designing and conducting a small group experiment to investigate these differences or writing a reflective essay integrating:
Their personal experiences with both exercise types
Analysis of how these experiences align with or diverge from scientific literature on the topic
Application of this new knowledge to demonstrate how they will alter their future exercise design.
5. AI content detection with ZeroGPT
Upload your students’ assignment files to this tool to identify content generated by AI. ZeroGPT boasts high accuracy and multiple file upload capacity and automatically generates reports at the end of every detection. Each AI-written sentence will be selected, and a gauge with the percentage of AI text will be displayed.
6. RSS feed reader with Feedly
Rather than scrolling on social media, scroll through the latest research articles in your field instead with Feedly. You can create a customised research “for you” page, using Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds, a web tool that allows users to follow and track changes on their favourite scholarly websites that are related to their area(s) of interest.
Any original articles that are published in the journals that you follow and that are relevant to your work come straight to your “for you” page. The free version can help you stay up-to-date with articles for one research project, which is ideal forPhD study, but you can choose to upgrade to a paid plan if you are a principal investigator who has multiple ongoing projects.
7. Mindmapping with Heuristica
If you or your students are visual learners or thinkers, you can use Heuristica’s AI technology to create mind and concept maps quickly and easily. This tool can help you better understand your thoughts about a particular topic and aids in information retention or idea generation.
The use of a mixture of AI tools as a supplement (and not a substitute) to your practice will enable you to drive research and improve your teaching.
Natalie K.D. Seedan is a sports sciences laboratory technician and part-time lecturer at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus.
