https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Discussions/Research-as-Inquiry-vs-The-quot-Answer-Engine-quot-Mentality/m-p/211893#M201 <P><STRONG>Prompt:</STRONG><SPAN> The </SPAN><A href="https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework#inquiry" target="_blank"><SPAN>ACRL</SPAN></A><SPAN> defines </SPAN><STRONG>Research as Inquiry</STRONG><SPAN> as a process that focuses on 'finding responses to unexpected puzzles' rather than seeking a single, uncontested answer. However, generative AI tools are designed to provide the opposite: a singular, polished 'answer.'</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>How are we helping students maintain </SPAN><STRONG>intellectual humility</STRONG><SPAN> and </SPAN><STRONG>persistence</STRONG><SPAN> (key dispositions of this frame) when their primary tools are designed to eliminate the 'messy middle' of research? Are we losing the 'serendipity of the search' that leads to truly transformative inquiry?"</SPAN></P><P><STRONG>Context:</STRONG><SPAN> This discussion explores the tension between the </SPAN><I><SPAN>dispositions</SPAN></I><SPAN> of a researcher (flexibility, open-mindedness) and the </SPAN><I><SPAN>efficiency</SPAN></I><SPAN> of modern AI-driven discovery tools.</SPAN></P> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:18:38 GMT dlaufenberg 2026-03-11T20:18:38Z https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Discussions/Research-as-Inquiry-vs-The-quot-Answer-Engine-quot-Mentality/m-p/211893#M201 <P><STRONG>Prompt:</STRONG><SPAN> The </SPAN><A href="https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework#inquiry" target="_blank"><SPAN>ACRL</SPAN></A><SPAN> defines </SPAN><STRONG>Research as Inquiry</STRONG><SPAN> as a process that focuses on 'finding responses to unexpected puzzles' rather than seeking a single, uncontested answer. However, generative AI tools are designed to provide the opposite: a singular, polished 'answer.'</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>How are we helping students maintain </SPAN><STRONG>intellectual humility</STRONG><SPAN> and </SPAN><STRONG>persistence</STRONG><SPAN> (key dispositions of this frame) when their primary tools are designed to eliminate the 'messy middle' of research? Are we losing the 'serendipity of the search' that leads to truly transformative inquiry?"</SPAN></P><P><STRONG>Context:</STRONG><SPAN> This discussion explores the tension between the </SPAN><I><SPAN>dispositions</SPAN></I><SPAN> of a researcher (flexibility, open-mindedness) and the </SPAN><I><SPAN>efficiency</SPAN></I><SPAN> of modern AI-driven discovery tools.</SPAN></P> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:18:38 GMT https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Discussions/Research-as-Inquiry-vs-The-quot-Answer-Engine-quot-Mentality/m-p/211893#M201 dlaufenberg 2026-03-11T20:18:38Z