Plamen Miltenoff Students use AI systems to summarize readings, explain concepts, generate ideas, write drafts, solve problems, and support research. These capabilities create significant opportunities for learning. They also raise an important question: What happens...
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Insights on Research, Technology, and Academic Transformation in the Digital AgeThe Delphi Method in the Age of AI: A Valuable Tool for Research and Strategic Planning at the University of Economics Varna
Plamen Miltenoff Universities face growing uncertainty. Artificial intelligence is transforming teaching, research, business, public administration, and labor markets faster than institutions can easily adapt. In such situations, historical data often provide only...
AI and the Higher Education Crisis: Moving Beyond the “Cheating” Panic to Fight Intellectual Atrophy
Plamen Miltenoff This source explores the detrimental shift from active learning to cognitive surrender caused by the premature use of artificial intelligence in universities. Rather than focusing on simple academic dishonesty, the author argues that students risk...
Build Your Own AI Fluency Challenges
The AI Fluency Challenge: Turning AI Use into Visible Thinking In the previous two posts , we explored Phillip Alcock’s practical approach to AI fluency through. The first presented six AI fluency projects to help students' thinking become visible when working with...
Beyond the Buzzwords: Translating AI Topics into Observable Classroom Skills
Plamen MiltenoffIn our previous post at the Science and Research Institute on 6 Popular AI Fluency Projects, we explored practical classroom missions like One Wrong Thing and Prompt Rescue. These projects shared a central goal: making student thinking visible. To...
6 AI Fluency Projects That Make Student Thinking Visible
Plamen Miltenoff As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into education, many educators face a common challenge: how can students use AI while still demonstrating their own thinking? The answer lies in AI fluency. AI fluency goes beyond knowing how...
From AI Literacy to Verification Literacy: The Debate Around Citation Hallucination Checkers
Plamen Miltenoff The rise of generative AI in academic writing is creating a new problem for research integrity: hallucinated citations. These are references appearing credible yet none existent, contain incorrect metadata, or combine details from multiple real papers...
ChatGPT and the Cognitive Trade-Off Between Critical and Creative Thinking
Plamen Miltenoff A systematic review of 67 studies reveals that generative AI acts as a double-edged sword for student cognition, significantly impacting critical and creative thinking based on how it is utilized. While the technology can...
Short Videos, Attention, and Executive Control: What Universities Should Learn From New EEG Research
This research investigates how short-form video platforms like TikTok and YouTube Shorts impact the neurological functions of young adults. Using EEG technology, the study reveals that high levels of engagement with these apps correlate...