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AI Hallucinations in Academic Writing: Looking Beyond Citation Checkers

Plamen Miltenoff In a recent blog post, "From AI Literacy to Verification Literacy: The Debate Around Citation Hallucination Checkers," we discussed a growing interest in tools designed to identify fabricated references generated by artificial intelligence. Citation...
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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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AI Guardrails, Public Skepticism, and the Rising Need for AI Literacy

5 March 2026

Предпазни механизми за ИИ, обществен скептицизъм и нарастващата необходимост от грамотност по изкуствен интелект scroll down for the text in Bulgarian Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/ has emerged as one of the most visible companies in the global debate about...

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Interview with Atanas Atanasov: Your Approach to AI

4 March 2026

Интервю с Атанас Атанасов: Работата ви с ИИ (scroll down for EN text) Атанас Цв. Атанасов, гл. ас. д-р в катедра „Счетоводна отчетност“ Години преподавателски опит: над 20 г. Преподавани дисциплини: Основи на счетоводството, Accounting Fundamentals, МСС/МСФО,...

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The AI Use Cases in Higher Education Community Handbook

3 March 2026

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EIhtEI9P39276k1CfTnGo_AcxVV7R8Id/edit?gid=332022909#gid=332022909 ENGLISH (scroll down for Bulgarian text) The AI Use Cases in Higher Education Community Handbook offers a structured, evidence-informed starting point for faculty...

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Агенти на хаоса | Agents of Chaos

27 February 2026

ENGLISH (scroll down for Bulgarian text) Shapira, N. et al. (2026) “Agents of Chaos.” arXiv. Available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.20021.The article “Agents of Chaos” presents an empirical red-teaming study of autonomous language model agents operating in...

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Train the Trainers Programme on Research Data Management and Quality (Data Stewardship) | Програма за обучение на обучители по управление и качество на научни изследвания (Управление на данни / Data Stewardship)

25 February 2026

ENGLISH (scroll down for the Bulgarian text) Bridging the Gap in Research: University of Economics – Varna Joins the National Push for Data Stewardship In the evolving landscape of modern academia, managing research data is no longer just a technical task—it’s a...

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AI, the Library, and Research Workflows: Practical Guidelines for Faculty and Students | Изкуствен интелект, библиотека и работен процес: Практически насоки за преподаватели и студенти

24 February 2026

Source: https://aarontay.substack.com/p/creating-your-own-research-assistant?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=267832&post_id=188857498&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=5sn8r4&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email The...

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The AI Challenge: How college faculty assess the present and future of higher education in the age of AI | Предизвикателството AI: Погледът на академичната общност към висшето образование днес и утре.

23 February 2026

ENGLISH (scroll down for Bulgarian text) Resume Faculty report widespread genAI use, high perceived student adoption, and major concern about cheating, overreliance, critical thinking, inequities, and degree value. Most do not think their institution is prepared to...

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AI Policy Atlas: A New Resource for Analyzing Artificial Intelligence Regulation | AI Policy Atlas: Нов ресурс за анализ на регулацията на изкуствения интелект

23 February 2026

ENGLISH (scroll down for BG text) https://www.aipolicyatlas.com/about.html AI governance is moving fast across the United States. If you teach, research, or design policy related to artificial intelligence, you need access to structured, comparable legal data. The AI...

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Достъпът до ИИ, уменията и продуктивността: уроци за Икономически университет – Варна

19 February 2026

Може ли генеративният изкуствен интелект да намали разликите в продуктивността, свързани с образованието? Скорошен предварително регистриран рандомизиран експеримент с 1 174 възрастни участници в Аржентина дава емпиричен отговор чрез конкретна бизнес задача....

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