Steve Vainker
@stephenvainker.bsky.social
Interested in how the child came to be managed as an employee in our schools.
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Winston AI is 💯 certain that the article was AI written (see below)
Also see selected results from Google Scholar showing use of post-LLM phrases:
"Addressing these concerns is crucial to ensure"
Before 2022: 0
Since: 80
"engagement and personalised learning experiences"
Before 2024: 0
Since: 23
Also see selected results from Google Scholar showing use of post-LLM phrases:
"Addressing these concerns is crucial to ensure"
Before 2022: 0
Since: 80
"engagement and personalised learning experiences"
Before 2024: 0
Since: 23
September 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Winston AI is 💯 certain that the article was AI written (see below)
Also see selected results from Google Scholar showing use of post-LLM phrases:
"Addressing these concerns is crucial to ensure"
Before 2022: 0
Since: 80
"engagement and personalised learning experiences"
Before 2024: 0
Since: 23
Also see selected results from Google Scholar showing use of post-LLM phrases:
"Addressing these concerns is crucial to ensure"
Before 2022: 0
Since: 80
"engagement and personalised learning experiences"
Before 2024: 0
Since: 23
You might think a university would use its own definition of plagiarism when investigating a professor.
You might also think a university would look at all allegations of plagiarism in its investigation.
You'd be wrong.
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You might also think a university would look at all allegations of plagiarism in its investigation.
You'd be wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/stephenv...
August 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
You might think a university would use its own definition of plagiarism when investigating a professor.
You might also think a university would look at all allegations of plagiarism in its investigation.
You'd be wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/stephenv...
You might also think a university would look at all allegations of plagiarism in its investigation.
You'd be wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/stephenv...
Al articles are a road to nowhere, involving a great deal of pain.
Beginning: shameless platitudes
Middle: dense technical description of elaborate relationships between endless variables.
End: shameless platitudes
Beginning: shameless platitudes
Middle: dense technical description of elaborate relationships between endless variables.
End: shameless platitudes
August 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Al articles are a road to nowhere, involving a great deal of pain.
Beginning: shameless platitudes
Middle: dense technical description of elaborate relationships between endless variables.
End: shameless platitudes
Beginning: shameless platitudes
Middle: dense technical description of elaborate relationships between endless variables.
End: shameless platitudes
This has to be a low point. An article in the BERJ about the experience of playing 'TargetShootingMania' with 21 fake references going into granular detail about the movement of the cardboard boxes that need to be shot.
The research questions? Nothing to do with education. At all.
This is madness.
The research questions? Nothing to do with education. At all.
This is madness.
August 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This has to be a low point. An article in the BERJ about the experience of playing 'TargetShootingMania' with 21 fake references going into granular detail about the movement of the cardboard boxes that need to be shot.
The research questions? Nothing to do with education. At all.
This is madness.
The research questions? Nothing to do with education. At all.
This is madness.
Any worse writing style than AI florid?
August 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Any worse writing style than AI florid?
Every article partially AI-written in an upcoming special issue in the British Journal of Technology of Education
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August 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Every article partially AI-written in an upcoming special issue in the British Journal of Technology of Education
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open.substack.com/pub/stephenv...
And the rest:
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The full evidence for each one is on my X (same name). In around 3-4 cases, there were fake references (in one case, 21).
Here's the full list of 40. First, 16 articles that were on AI:
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
Here's the full list of 40. First, 16 articles that were on AI:
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The full evidence for each one is on my X (same name). In around 3-4 cases, there were fake references (in one case, 21).
Here's the full list of 40. First, 16 articles that were on AI:
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
Here's the full list of 40. First, 16 articles that were on AI:
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Despite being an experiment about cross-cultural awareness, this paper (£) had no mention at all about its ethics.
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Despite being an experiment about cross-cultural awareness, this paper (£) had no mention at all about its ethics.
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
There are many more, but in this AI-written paper the same passage is repeated verbatim three times in a row.
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
There are many more, but in this AI-written paper the same passage is repeated verbatim three times in a row.
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
This isn't even the worst thing about their lit review, which also extensively cited a masters thesis (Garcia, 2016) to support claims about peer support, but the thesis wasn't actually about peer support. Read this sorry tale from the thesis (I love the 'known unreasonable assumption' comment).
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This isn't even the worst thing about their lit review, which also extensively cited a masters thesis (Garcia, 2016) to support claims about peer support, but the thesis wasn't actually about peer support. Read this sorry tale from the thesis (I love the 'known unreasonable assumption' comment).
For over a year, amid some excellence, the journal has been publishing a significant amount of low-quality research. For example, see this from Bas & Xu, 2024 (£) 👇 (Ps, Xu does not claim this, and of course De Jong doesn't intend it as a universal claim [note date])
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For over a year, amid some excellence, the journal has been publishing a significant amount of low-quality research. For example, see this from Bas & Xu, 2024 (£) 👇 (Ps, Xu does not claim this, and of course De Jong doesn't intend it as a universal claim [note date])
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
Zou, D., Xie, H., & Wang, F. (2021). Inclusiveness and fairness in AI-driven education: Challenges and strategies. AI in Education Review, 15(1), 34–52.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Zou, D., Xie, H., & Wang, F. (2021). Inclusiveness and fairness in AI-driven education: Challenges and strategies. AI in Education Review, 15(1), 34–52.
Zhao, Y., Wang, L., & Lee, H. (2022). The role of chatbots in language learning. Journal of Language and Technology, 19(3), 112–129.
Zhao, Y., Yin, H., & Wang, L. (2022). Ethical concerns in the application of AI in language education. International Journal of Educational Technology, 19(2), 89–104.
Zhao, Y., Yin, H., & Wang, L. (2022). Ethical concerns in the application of AI in language education. International Journal of Educational Technology, 19(2), 89–104.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Zhao, Y., Wang, L., & Lee, H. (2022). The role of chatbots in language learning. Journal of Language and Technology, 19(3), 112–129.
Zhao, Y., Yin, H., & Wang, L. (2022). Ethical concerns in the application of AI in language education. International Journal of Educational Technology, 19(2), 89–104.
Zhao, Y., Yin, H., & Wang, L. (2022). Ethical concerns in the application of AI in language education. International Journal of Educational Technology, 19(2), 89–104.
Loewen, S., Isbell, D., & Spino, L. (2020). The effectiveness of AI-driven tools in language learning: Addressing ethical and pedagogical issues. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 33(7), 845–863.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Loewen, S., Isbell, D., & Spino, L. (2020). The effectiveness of AI-driven tools in language learning: Addressing ethical and pedagogical issues. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 33(7), 845–863.
Lau, L., Hong, S., & Lin, D. (2022). Data privacy and algorithmic bias in language learning AI systems. Journal of Educational Technology, 17(4), 210–223.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Lau, L., Hong, S., & Lin, D. (2022). Data privacy and algorithmic bias in language learning AI systems. Journal of Educational Technology, 17(4), 210–223.
Hwang, G. J., Tu, Y. F., & Chen, S. C. (2021). Effects of AI-based learning systems on student motivation and language anxiety: A case study in foreign language learning. Interactive Learning Environments, 29(3), 339–375.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hwang, G. J., Tu, Y. F., & Chen, S. C. (2021). Effects of AI-based learning systems on student motivation and language anxiety: A case study in foreign language learning. Interactive Learning Environments, 29(3), 339–375.
Huang, R., & Lin, C. (2021). Ethical challenges in AI-enabled education: A review and perspective. AI in Education Journal, 9(3), 45–59.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Huang, R., & Lin, C. (2021). Ethical challenges in AI-enabled education: A review and perspective. AI in Education Journal, 9(3), 45–59.
Here are the references - if anyone can find them I will amend/delete:
Hockly, N. (2019). AI in language learning: Artificial intelligence and the future of teaching and learning. ELT Journal, 73(3), 299–308. doi.org/10.1093/elt/...
Hockly, N. (2019). AI in language learning: Artificial intelligence and the future of teaching and learning. ELT Journal, 73(3), 299–308. doi.org/10.1093/elt/...
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Here are the references - if anyone can find them I will amend/delete:
Hockly, N. (2019). AI in language learning: Artificial intelligence and the future of teaching and learning. ELT Journal, 73(3), 299–308. doi.org/10.1093/elt/...
Hockly, N. (2019). AI in language learning: Artificial intelligence and the future of teaching and learning. ELT Journal, 73(3), 299–308. doi.org/10.1093/elt/...
This new @berj-2025.bsky.social article strongly appears to contain 8 invented citations. A number of extremely low-quality articles have appeared in the journal over the past 18 months. There seems to have been a decline in editorial standards.
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This new @berj-2025.bsky.social article strongly appears to contain 8 invented citations. A number of extremely low-quality articles have appeared in the journal over the past 18 months. There seems to have been a decline in editorial standards.
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....