Systematic Approaches to Literature Reviews Using GenAI

Systematic Approaches to Literature Reviews Using GenAI

📅 Friday 22/05 16:00-19:00h

📍 Main Hall

🔎 Needs Analysis

Literature reviews are an essential part of PhD project and the dissertation. Often, due to the lack of knowledge about appropriate methods, the application and outcomes of reviews lack desired quality or structure, resulting in desk or reviewers’ rejection recommendation. The workshop will include examples from workshop facilitators’ experience in publishing literature reviews at various EdTech journals and conferences – emphasizing methods, motivation, contribution, and venue. The Generative tools developed for accessing bibliographic libraries can support improving the quality and efficiency of academic writing.

The first 90-min workshop is required for the methods, tools, and structure of a systematic review manuscript. The second 90-min workshop is required for exploring and evaluating some of the tools integrated and adopted by the Danish & Swedish university libraries.

📒 Session Description

First workshop: Lecture: An Introduction to systematic approaches to literature review, outline of tools and methods (focusing on the pre-activities). Individual/Pair-wise activities (90 min):

– Database search – mix of keywords
– Screening and writing exclusion criteria
– Writing methods for analysis and synthesis
– Outline of a summary table for the review paper

Second workshop: Individual/Pair-wise activities (90 min):

30 min: Introduction and trying out Generative AI tools accessing digital libraries
30 min: GenAI-supported argumentation writing applying one GenAI tool
30 min: GenAI-supported tabulation of empirical papers applying one GenAI tool

💡 Learning Objectives

• Knowledge about various types of systematic literature reviews
• Knowledge and application of the protocol for the search and appraisal steps of reviews
• Knowledge and application of the protocols for the analysis and synthesis steps
• Hands-on experience of a miniature review process for a potential review paper/chapter
• Evaluate the capabilities and limitations of GenAI tools for literature review
• The desired outcomes for each of the participants are:
1. Informed choice regarding the type of literature review
2. Writing preliminary outline of the methods section of a systematic literature review
3. Experiencing the search, appraisal, analysis and synthesis steps on own PhD topic