The two-day training workshop “Employing AI in Qualitative Research: A Practical Workshop,” held on November 21-22, 2024, brought fresh ideas on how AI can be utilized as a welcome addition to promoting qualitative research in JBLCF-Bacolod.
Designed to address the challenges qualitative researchers face in today’s data-rich environment, the workshop highlighted how artificial intelligence (AI) can streamline the analysis of complex textual data, as traditional methods can be time-consuming and subjective. Throughout the workshop, the participants engaged in a comprehensive intellectual journey that included foundational concepts of AI in qualitative research and hands-on sessions that allowed them to apply AI techniques, such as text preprocessing and visualizing thematic structures through multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis, directly to their work.
Turning Knowledge into Practice
With the new knowledge and skills learned from the training workshop, the JBLCF-Bacolod participants have committed to forming another valuable Core Group in Research specializing in the production of Qualitative Research while utilizing AI-assisted technologies such as Orange Data Mining Software in processing and analyzing data analysis and Mendeley in organizing references. Another workshop intended to strengthen our familiarity with and use of these technologies will be conducted at the start of 2025, inviting more participants from the unit also to join.