Exploring BlueSky as social network
I have started using Twitter on the 24th of November of 2007 and have stopped posting any content exactly 15 years after. From my perception, the network which is called “X” now …
Don´t believe thy hype. 9 problems with the concept of future skills and 21st century skills
I have written at the end of the last semester a critical review of the concept of future-skills in German (preprint available here, still in review) In Germany, there is a …
Uncontrollable GOLLEM-AI and the total decoding and synthesizing of reality
You have read that I am criticizing the discourse on AI here in the last weeks and I have made a call for regulation of AI in education. But I have really underestimated the …
Einsatz von (generativer) KI im Bildungsbereich regulieren
Die Stellungnahme des Ethikrates “Mensch und Maschine – Herausforderungen durch Künstliche Intelligenz“ ist eine sehr ausführliche Diskussion der Entwicklung und dort werden …
Redefining my writing workflow
One of the things I have started recently is a book-project. For this purpose I have been working on a new writing workflow which combines reference management, reading, …
Positionality statements in research articles as biaswashing
During a recent review process I have requested from authors that they should address from which standpoint they have approached their qualitative study. While I was referring in …
Why AI-based tools are never neutral
„ChatGPT itself is a neutral tool, and how it is used depends on the intentions of those who use it.“ (Cohen, 2023). This messages is commmunicated by the US-based Association for …
The downgrading of knowledge by education hipsters
„This has become a fashionable platitude, which…would result in a…content-free curriculum […]. This downgrading of knowledge is, ironies of ironies, to be implemented in the …
This is not a post about ChatGPT but agenda setting
Since I am currently often asked about my opinion about ChatGPT I want to share why I do not write about ChatGPT. The discussion about ChatGPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) …
Backup strategy for Knowledge-workers under MacOS
If your productice work is 100% happening in digital environments the secure and reliable backup of data becomes a necessity and data-loss can have serious implications for all …