Monthly Archives: March 2026

Hundreds of thousands of scientific articles are published each year: How to maintain quality amidst the surge in publications?

Hundreds of thousands of scientific articles are published each year: How to maintain quality amidst the surge in publications?

• The number of scientific publications in Indonesia is growing very rapidly. ● The surge in the number of journal articles risks reducing the quality of reviews and triggering the practice of mass manuscript production. ● Academic integrity demands strict journal governance and a shift in focus from quantity to quality of research. Over the […] … learn more→

Forwarding – writing with other people’s texts

Forwarding – writing with other people’s texts

We’ve probably all read papers where the writer has treated the literature as something to be surveyed and reported. the result often takes the shape of the dreaded laundry list, where the writer plods through their reading list book by book. Paper by paper. Summaries of what each source says, one by one. Occasionally the writer […] … learn more→

AI and metacognition: knowing when to trust a machine, or not, is not always obvious

AI and metacognition: knowing when to trust a machine, or not, is not always obvious

Contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) governance frameworks rest on a rarely made-explicit assumption: when a human operator receives output from an AI system, they must be able to meaningfully evaluate it. The provisions of the European AI Act relating to high-risk systems require transparency, explainability, and human oversight. Explicitly targeted are the systems used in the recruitment and […] … learn more→

How information overload has caused us to lose the ability to read deeply, and what to do to recover it.

How information overload has caused us to lose the ability to read deeply, and what to do to recover it.

Never before have we had so much information available. News, analysis, commentary, and opinions circulate endlessly on social media, digital platforms, and messaging apps. Paradoxically, this abundance doesn’t always translate into a better understanding of reality. Often, the opposite occurs: information overload encourages quick reading and immediate reactions that fuel increasingly polarized debates. When phenomena […] … learn more→

Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms

Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms

For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance. In thousands of towns and cities across the U.S., automatic license plate readers have been installed at major intersections, bridges and highway off-ramps. These camera-based systems capture the license plate data of passing vehicles, […] … learn more→

What is

What is “agentic AI”? Understanding its history to move beyond the hype

Booking a trip by comparing hundreds of offers, writing a report from multiple documents, analyzing medical data, or automatically correcting a computer program: these tasks require thought, method, and a variety of skills. “Agent AI” now promises to accomplish them autonomously, orchestrating the necessary operations, using tools, and correcting its own errors. However, current agent […] … learn more→

How can we tell if a student has learned, even if they use artificial intelligence?

How can we tell if a student has learned, even if they use artificial intelligence?

The rise of generative artificial intelligence has weakened the traditional university assessment model of “independent work + practical activities + final exam”. Today, a student can produce a well-structured, academically-sounding report in minutes. Banning AI or turning assessment into a cheating hunt doesn’t fix the underlying problem: what’s at stake is not the technology, but […] … learn more→

AI: Why training a

AI: Why training a “well-rounded mind” has never been more crucial

As generative artificial intelligence produces increasingly convincing texts, images, and reasoning, a crucial educational question emerges: what does understanding still mean? In the age of information overload, developing a “well-formed mind” no longer consists of accumulating knowledge, but of learning to judge its depth, validity, and relevance to reality. Students today can produce work that […] … learn more→

The oral exam, updated: an assessment alternative in times of AI

The oral exam, updated: an assessment alternative in times of AI

Assessing student knowledge is not the ultimate goal of a subject, but a fundamental part of the learning process itself. It is the only way for both learners and teachers to understand how students are progressing, what their strengths and areas for improvement are, and what the practical application of what they are learning is, […] … learn more→