W09-1: Using AI for Academic Writing

In this worksheet, we will explore ways of applying AI in academic writing. After completing this worksheet, you will have gathered first experiences with purposefully applying AI to improve your academic English and you will be aware of the range of tools available for “putting the finishing touches” on your academic publications.

Things you need for this worksheet

Guidelines for successful prompting from Chat GPT

Blog

Learning log assignments

Go to the Blog and read the text.

Think about the advice and decide which tips you find particularly helpful. Create a ranked list.

Choose one of the AI tools and try out a prompt you have written according to the elements and steps outlined on the slides for this module.

Hungry Minds

Videos about individual tools:

Paperpal (creating templates)

Perpexity (academic research)

Heuristica (for mindmaps and concepts)

Prompting (formula: six building blocks)

Writing process (write a paper in a weekend!)