Algorithmically Manufactured Minds: Generative and Agentic AI in a Time of Post-Truth, Reconfiguration of Student Agency and Death of Critical Pedagogy
By: Aras Bozkurt
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.17.2.792 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 206 - 210
Submitted on: Nov 30, 2024
Accepted on: Jun 25, 2025
Published on: Jul 10, 2025
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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