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Beyond AI Literacy: Addressing Metacognitive Laziness in Higher Education

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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The 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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From AI Awareness to Assessment Redesign in Higher Education

1 May 2026

От информираност за ИИ към преработка на оценяването във висшето образование Students are becoming AI fluent. Universities respond slowly. This op-ed in University Business captures the tension well, but it simplifies parts of the problem. The core claim: students...

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Announcing the Next batch of Weekly Workshops for Faculty and Students

1 May 2026

Обявяване на следващата серия седмични уъркшопи за преподаватели и студенти The Science and Research Institute at the University of Economics Varna continues its workshop series with a focused program for the week of May 4 to 8. Each session runs in a 45 minute self...

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How Institutional AI Strategy Should Reshape Business Education

1 May 2026

Как институционалната стратегия за ИИ трябва да промени бизнес образованието Artificial intelligence has moved from isolated experimentation to institutional priority in higher education. The Ellucian 2025 survey captures this shift with clear signals. Personal AI use...

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AI in Education: What Stanford’s Evidence Review Means for Schools and Universities

29 April 2026

ИИ в образованието: Какво означава прегледът на доказателствата на Станфорд за училищата и университетите Stanford’s recent review on AI in K-12 education offers a needed reality check. The research team analyzed more than 800 studies and found only 20 with strong...

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From AI Use to Evidence of Learning: What Schools Must Change Now

28 April 2026

От използване на ИИ към доказателства за учене: какво трябва веднага да променят учебните заведения NotebookLM video containing short description of the post Artificial intelligence has already entered the daily learning practices of students. The Common Sense Media...

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