Editors’ Summary: In this post, Ben Williamson examines the growing quality control and methodological rigor crisis within the field of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) research. By highlighting the recent retraction of a high-profile paper on ChatGPT and analyzing two new critical literature reviews, Williamson demonstrates how the pressure to quickly produce statistical evidence has […]
Editors’ Summary: In this review, Brandon Walsh explores how the sci-fi city builder Amberspire subverts traditional gaming tropes to reflect on the ongoing climate crisis. Unlike typical genre entries that favor endless growth and high-tension soundtracks, Amberspire pairs a brutal mechanics-of-decay system with a calm, ambient score composed by Paul Kilduff-Taylor. Walsh argues that this […]
Editors’ Summary: In this post, Alex Reid critiques the reliance on instructional design and “design thinking” to counter the frictionless nature of AI in higher education. Challenging the popular notion of “engineering friction” into curriculum, he argues that reducing learning to predictable outcomes merely creates automated “work” that AI easily replicates. Reid contends that AI […]
Editors’ Summary: In this paper, River Rain and Houda Lamqaddam consider how recommender systems can be reframed as speculative tools for humanistic inquiry rather than commercial personalization. By demonstrating how a fine-tuned computer vision pipeline maps visual similarities across 2,341 animated films, they highlight how algorithmic proximity can trace artistic influence and macro-level aesthetic shifts. […]
Editors’ Summary: In this interactive visualization, the project team considers how a curated archive of 5,000 historic menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880–1920) can reveal the early evolution of the modern restaurant. By demonstrating how visual data mapping allows users to pan, zoom, and explore individual artifacts like an 1897 menu […]
Editors’ Summary: Registration is now officially open for the virtual 2026 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum, taking place online from October 14–15, 2026. Serving as a dynamic and collaborative space for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) practitioners and knowledge workers, the Forum connects professionals to share innovative ideas, sustain critical initiatives, and build intentional […]
Editors’ Summary: MetaHeritage is inviting innovators worldwide to apply for its Pitching Showcase: Call for Investment Ideas in Digital Heritage, Immersive Technologies and Cultural Tourism. This initiative aims to highlight promising solutions at the intersection of culture and technology, boosting their visibility and connecting them with European investors and stakeholders. The call welcomes projects leveraging […]
Editors’ Summary: Dryad is inviting researchers and open science advocates to participate in a brief survey to help shape the future of its community-governed, open-access repository. While the platform is an essential piece of open science infrastructure—providing data curation, permanent DOIs, and CC0 open licensing to make scientific data discoverable and reusable—the organization is seeking […]
Editors’ Summary: Now live from Reveal Digital, a newly digitized archive brings to light the legacy of Rollerena, a roller-skating queer icon, disco fixture, and dedicated AIDS activist. Published as part of the HIV, AIDS, and the Arts collection, this digital resource chronicles the evolution of her public persona through a rich assemblage of article […]
Data and the lives of trans people go hand in hand, for better and (often) for worse. From surveillance systems that attempt to normalize and control trans bodies (Beauchamp, McKenzie) to activists’ efforts to use data infrastructures or data-driven epistemologies and forms of knowledge to resist cultures of exclusion (Hicks, Keyes), there is a long […]
