Unit 5 Assignment: Investigating Trends in Your Career Field

Part A:

Research industry trends using Generative AI

Part C:

Interrogate the results and determine top trends

Part D:

Create questions and identify courses to explore

Part B:

Research industry trends using the Internet

Follow the steps outlined in the template below. You can write your answers or paste screenshots directly into the template. Areas where you contribute information to the template are shaded in light grey.

STEP

INSTRUCTIONS / ANSWERS

Part A

Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools

A1: Access a Generative AI tool

You will need access to ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, or another generative AI tool. If you’re not sure whether a tool will work for this assignment, please contact your professor.

You can sign up for ChatGPT at https://chat.openai.com/ using your personal or UMGC issued email address. Alternatively, if you have a Gmail account, you already have access to Google’s Bard at https://bard.google.com/.

A2. Design a prompt

Ask the AI tool to tell you about the top three trends in your industry. (For example, “What are the top three trends in the movie production industry?”) You may need to experiment with different prompts until you’re satisfied with the results.

A3. Capture the response

Paste a screenshot of the results in the space below:

Part B

Internet Research

B1. Conduct research on the internet

Do an internet search on the same subject—the top three trends in your industry. Review three sources to confirm or refute the information generated by AI, as one site alone could just be one person’s (or organization’s) opinion.

B2. Identify the top three trends in your industry

Using the information collected in your internet research, what appear to be the top three trends in your industry?

Trend 1:

Trend 2:

Trend 3:

B3. Share your sources

What resources provided you with this information? Please do your best to provide your three references in APA format (utilize the UMGC Library resources for help with citation formats).

Part C

Interrogate the Results

C1. Compare

How do the trends from internet research compare to the trends identified by the AI tool? Describe similarities and differences.

Part D

Create Questions & Explore

D1. Create questions for your upcoming Informational Interview

Based on recent classroom discussions, the career field you are exploring, and the research you just completed, what are two questions you might want to ask your interviewee?

Question 1:

Question 2:

Please submit the completed template to the assignment folder by 11:59PM Eastern on Tuesday of Unit 5.