Using AI in Research Projects

25mBeginner2024-12-11

Authors

Cory Lebson

Leading Educator and Author in UX

Course details

Join Cory Lebson—a researcher, author, and former UXPA president—as he gives tips and techniques for using generative AI to enhance, extend, and improve research projects of all types.

Cory explains how to look at AI both as something to be researched and as a tool to be leveraged to improve research, as well as how to talk to corporate stakeholders about leveraging AI in your projects. He shares a variety of use cases for AI in research, including how various AI tools can help you prepare for usability studies, conduct in-depth interviews and focus groups, prepare heuristic or expert reviews, analyze qualitative data, and complete accessibility evaluations. Plus, Cory delves into the ethics of AI, explaining what kind of research support is appropriate (and what might be crossing the line).

Skills covered

Artificial Intelligence for DesignChatGPTOpenAIVideoPersonaPhotographyGraphic DesignAnimation and Illustration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Artificial intelligence for research

1. Doing Research on AI Systems

02 - Doing research on AI when it's not AI research
03 - Doing research on AI systems

2. Using AI to Improve Research

04 - Getting corporate buy-in for using AI
05 - General vs research-specific tools
06 - AI for heuristic or expert reviews
07 - AI for usability study preparation
08 - AI for in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group preparation
09 - AI for analysis of qualitative data
10 - The ethics of using AI in research

Conclusion

11 - The future of AI and research