{"id":40566,"date":"2026-10-28T09:18:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/?page_id=40566"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:20:59","slug":"using-ai-effectively","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/student\/ai\/using-ai-effectively\/","title":{"rendered":"3.0 Using AI Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40566\" class=\"elementor elementor-40566\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ad15e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ad15e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4ffd28\" data-id=\"f4ffd28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9deb0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-hub_fancy_heading\" data-id=\"e9deb0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hub_fancy_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ld-fancy-heading-6aed6f99932c5\" class=\"ld-fancy-heading pos-rel\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"ld-fh-element d-inline-block pos-rel  elementor-heading-title lqd-highlight-classic lqd-highlight-grow-left h1\"  > Using AI Effectively<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-592430f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"592430f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee9164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee9164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AI can help you plan your studies, explore ideas, understand difficult concepts and manage routine tasks. To use it effectively, start with a clear goal: what are you trying to learn or achieve, and how could AI help? Effective prompting helps you ask focused questions and give relevant context, while critical thinking helps you judge whether the responses are useful and reliable.<\/p>\n<p>Using AI well means checking information against reliable sources, looking for gaps or bias, and deciding for yourself whether a response meets your needs. The sections below explore prompting, critical thinking and efficiency, helping you use AI with purpose while staying in control of your learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75aebf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75aebf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In this section, you can explore:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ace0beb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ace0beb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69152bf premium-gallery-tilt-disabled elementor-widget 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class=\"pa-gallery-img-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D&apos;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&apos; viewBox%3D&apos;0 0 1000 667&apos;%2F%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-41224 ld-lazyload\" alt=\"Robot with arms folded having a conversation\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/The-Power-of-Prompting.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/The-Power-of-Prompting.png 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/The-Power-of-Prompting-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-aspect=\"1.4992503748126\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-inner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-caption\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-gallery-img-name\">The Power of Prompting<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pa-gallery-whole-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/student\/ai\/using-ai-effectively\/power-of-prompting\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Power of Prompting\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-item elementor-repeater-item-076d5b1 \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-img default\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-img-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D&apos;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&apos; viewBox%3D&apos;0 0 1000 667&apos;%2F%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-41223 ld-lazyload\" alt=\"AI Brain on a microchip\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/Critical-Thinking-and-AI.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/Critical-Thinking-and-AI.png 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/Critical-Thinking-and-AI-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-aspect=\"1.4992503748126\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-inner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-caption\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-gallery-img-name\">Critical Thinking and AI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pa-gallery-whole-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/student\/ai\/using-ai-effectively\/critical-thinking\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCritical Thinking and AI\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-item elementor-repeater-item-221c9f9 \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-img default\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-img-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D&apos;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&apos; viewBox%3D&apos;0 0 1000 667&apos;%2F%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-41222 ld-lazyload\" alt=\"AI and Efficiency\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/AI-and-Efficiency.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/AI-and-Efficiency.png 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/AI-and-Efficiency-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-aspect=\"1.4992503748126\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-inner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-caption\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-gallery-img-name\">AI and Efficiency<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pa-gallery-whole-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/student\/ai\/using-ai-effectively\/efficiency\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAI and 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