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...
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Insights on Research, Technology, and Academic Transformation in the Digital AgeBeyond 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...
Functional, Critical, and Rhetorical AI Literacy in Research
Plamen Miltenoff Researchers currently use AI systems to search literature, summarize articles, develop research questions, assist with writing, analyze data, and even simulate peer review. Parker and Becker argue the need for a new understanding of AI literacy for...
AI Agents vs. Agentic AI: Why the Difference Matters for Higher Education
Plamen Miltenoff (scroll down for text in Bulgarian) The terms “AI agents” and “agentic AI” appear everywhere in current discussions about artificial intelligence. Technology companies, startup founders, and universities often use them interchangeably. The confusion...
AI in the Peer Review Chair: What the Current Debate Reveals About Academic Publishing
Plamen Miltenoff Peer review determines what academia accepts as credible knowledge. It shapes publication, funding, promotion, curriculum, and research visibility. If artificial intelligence changes peer review, it changes one of the core systems through which...