In Brief Over 70% fail an introductory programming course – and a dramatic appeal to freshmen probably won’t change that.
The problem becomes apparent as early as Week 4: Students know they can’t program, but they don’t change their behavior anyway – Akrasia, acting against better judgment.
Mandatory intermediate steps are not legally possible, only subtle incentives – so is the high failure rate a systemic flaw, or are the competency standards simply non-negotiable?
This week I presented my students with a text meant to wake them up. An alarming text. A text I didn’t …
Read More →Article Series: Exams and AI This is Part 1 of 4 of an article series based on my keynote at the Tag der digitalen Lehre (Day of Digital Education) on September 25, 2025, in Regensburg, Germany.
In this series:
The Illusion of Control – Fighting symptoms instead of systemic solutions (this article) The AI Temptation – Instructors are also susceptible Performance instead of Fiction – Three ways out of the trust crisis (available Nov 27) The Uncomfortable Truth – From symptom treatment to systemic questions (available Dec 4) → All slides from the talk (PDF, German)
Passengers of their own …
Read More →Article Series: AI and Privacy in E-Examinations In this 4th part we show how far one could drive the data protection idea: TEARS – a zero-trust system with paper slips that proves genuine anonymity in examinations is technically possible.
Previously published:
The Foundations – psi-exam and the Goal Conflicts AI in Practice – Opportunities and Limits Control and Traceability – The Screenshot Solution → All slides from the talk (PDF)
To conclude our series, we show how far one could drive the data protection idea: TEARS – a zero-trust system with paper slips that proves genuine anonymity in …
Read More →Article Series: AI and Privacy in E-Examinations In this 3rd part we examine the challenge of evidence preservation: How do we ensure traceability without invasive surveillance?
Previously published:
The Foundations – psi-exam and the Goal Conflicts AI in Practice – Opportunities and Limits Future part:
Zero-Trust Vision – TEARS and Outlook → All slides from the talk (PDF)
E-examinations must be legally secure. This means: preventing cheating attempts and being able to prove what actually happened in case of disputes. But how do we achieve this in a privacy-compliant way?
How Do We Ensure …
Read More →Article Series: AI and Privacy in E-Examinations In this 2nd part we examine the practical use of AI in e-examinations: What works, what doesn’t, and why automatic evaluation is still a thing of the future.
Previously published:
The Foundations – psi-exam and the Goal Conflicts Future parts:
Control and Traceability – The Screenshot Solution Zero-Trust Vision – TEARS and Outlook → All slides from the talk (PDF)
In the first part, we got to know the foundations of psi-exam and the fundamental goal conflicts in e-examinations. Now we turn to the question of how AI tools can be concretely …
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