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Research skills with AI (citations, source quality)
AI can help plan research, but credible work requires tracing claims to reliable sources, checking citations, and distinguishing evidence from fluent invention.
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This module builds on earlier parts, but every important idea is explained in context. AI can help plan research, but credible work requires tracing claims to reliable sources, checking citations, and distinguishing evidence from fluent invention. As you read, connect each concept to the worked example and ask what a person must still decide.
Big idea
AI can help plan research, but credible work requires tracing claims to reliable sources, checking citations, and distinguishing evidence from fluent invention.
Learn one idea at a time
Read, explore, then mark each idea when you can explain it.
Idea 1 of 9
Define Your Learning or Community Goal: Begin with a real learning or community goal. Use AI to generate search terms or questions, then locate and read the original source before citing it. A clear goal keeps you focused on the actual outcome rather than just playing with the technology.
Live interactive diagrams
Tap nodes, stages, or cards to explore — these diagrams match this module’s ideas.
Research with AI — then sources
AI helps list search angles.
Choose a deep dive
Open the topics you want to explore. The detail stays folded until you need it.
Deep dive 1Use AI as a thinking partner
For a project on local water access, a learner uses AI to suggest questions but checks figures against municipal reports, credible news, and interviews with permission. AI can help you organise options, draft a structure, or practise feedback, but it cannot take responsibility for your learning or impact. Keep the task small enough to check and revise.
Deep dive 2Make your evidence visible
Strong work shows where important information came from and why it is credible. Save prompts, links, notes, and revisions when they help explain your process. This makes it easier to correct mistakes and show your own contribution.
Deep dive 3Worked example: Research skills with AI (citations, source quality)
For a project on local water access, a learner uses AI to suggest questions but checks figures against municipal reports, credible news, and interviews with permission. You have an AI-generated draft but notice that some claims are unsourced and you are unsure whether it fits the people who will use it. A responsible response is: Check key claims with reliable sources, adapt the work for the audience, and explain your contribution. Correct. You are using AI as support while taking responsibility for accuracy and fit. Use this case to separate what the technology contributes from what people contribute. The team should compare the intended outcome with a baseline where applicable, record important assumptions, and keep a clear route to correct or stop the process.
Deep dive 4Local check for Research skills with AI (citations, source quality)
Ask whether the examples, data, and assumptions fit your school, company, or community. Generic demos often miss local names, laws, connectivity, and languages.
Deep dive 5Research with sources
Use AI to organise questions, then cite real pages and reports.
One-minute challenge
Connect this lesson to real life
Name one situation where this idea could help, and one thing a person should still check.
Explore a real-world example
Use the arrows to connect the idea to a visible situation.
Photo example
Research skills with AI (citations, source quality): a responsible learning loop
Set a goal → prompt with useful context → check sources and fit → revise in your own voice → reflect on what you learned.
Key terms
Tap a term to flip and read the definition.
Optional further learningFree textbooks and trusted online resources
These sources informed the course structure. Use them to revisit a concept or study it in more depth.
Ready check
Tick each idea only when you could explain it without looking back.
Ready for practice? Pick one task from school, home, work experience, or your community where research, citations, and source evaluation could help. Decide what information must stay private.
Extra context (audience, logistics, curriculum notes)
Built for: For secondary students and independent learners; no coding required.
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Module 8 — Research skills with AI (citations, source quality)
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