Essays & Reflections

Research Notes

Short essays exploring learner agency, patient empowerment, postdigital life, AI, and the intersection of scholarship with lived experience.

Essays: Reflections & dispatches
Research: From the lab
Advocacy: Policy & patient voice
Education: Teaching & learning

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Why Choice Is Not the Same as Agency

AI is not replacing human intelligence. It is reshaping human agency. What happens when technologies begin participating in our decisions?

July 14, 2026

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The Day AI Made Me Question My Own Thinking

Artificial intelligence is changing how we write, learn, and make decisions. The more important question is not whether AI can think, but how it changes human agency. This Research Note explores the value of intellectual struggle, meaning-making, and intentional action in an AI-mediated world.

July 7, 2026

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Voice Is Not Enough

What is the difference between voice and agency? This first Research Note explores learner agency, patient engagement, and artificial intelligence, arguing that human agency is becoming one of the defining challenges of the AI era.

June 29, 2026