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F om Chalkboa ds
o Cha bo s:
Can Educa ion Keep Up?
Pie e Poulain
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Labo a o y o Theo e ical Biochemis y
each my s uden s
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Topics no co e ed oday
Sou ce: The Gua dian, 2024
Sou ce: Joule, 2023.
Sou ce: Time, 2023.
Sou ce: DALL.E, 2024-07-10, p omp : ”Make a pic u e o a su geon”
Sou ce: DALL.E, 2024-07-10, p omp : ”Make a pic u e o a nu se”
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The Cha GPT ( )e olu ion
F om a esea ch esul o a mass-ma ke p oduc
Sou ce: a Xi , 2017
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S uden s a e al eady using gen. AI / LLMs
Su ey: “P o ide o punish? S uden s’ iews on gene a i e AI in
highe educa ion” (UK, 02/2024, 1250 s uden s)
Mo e han hal o s uden s (53%) ha e used gene a i e AI o help hem
wi h assessmen s.
The mos common use is as an ‘AI p i a e u o ’ (36%), helping o
explain concep s.
Sou ce: HEPI, 2024.
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S uden s a e al eady using gen. AI / LLMs
Enquê e : “IA e Enseignemen Supé ieu : Fo ma ion, S uc u a ion
e App op ia ion pa la Socié é” (FR, 04/2025)
19k é udian .e.s, 6k enseignan .e.s, 7k pe sonnels suppo
Sou ce: h ps://mission-ia-sup. o ge.apps.educa ion. , 2025.
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S uden s a e al eady using gen. AI / LLMs
Sou ce: h ps://mission-ia-sup. o ge.apps.educa ion. , 2025.
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Technology and educa ion: p omises and h ea s
Books will soon be obsole e
in he public schools. Schola s
will be ins uc ed h ough he
eye. I is possible o each
e e y b anch o human
knowledge wi h he mo ion
pic u e. Ou schools sys em
will be comple ely changed
inside o en yea s.
-- Thomas Edison, 1913
Sou ce: Thomas Edison,
in e iew o The New Yo k D ama ic Mi o , 1913.
Sou ce: Push-bu on educa ion, A hu Radebaugh,
The Chicago T ibune, 1958.
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Technology and educa ion: p omises and h ea s
Sou ce: Twi e /X, 2023
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Is Cha GPT he new calcula o ?
"Gene a i e ex is some hing we all need o adap o," he said.
"We adap ed o calcula o s and changed wha we es ed o in
ma h class, I imagine. This is a mo e ex eme e sion o ha , no
doub , bu also he bene i s o i a e mo e ex eme, as well."
-- Sam Al man, 2023
Sou ce: in e iew: S ic lyVC in con e sa ion wi h Sam Al man, pa wo (OpenAI), 2023.
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Cha GPT 5 08/10/2025
Co ec answe :
61,728,394,938,271,605
F om cha e box o bullshi e ….
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Read he small p in !
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Sou ce: pos e o he mo ie Los in T ansla ion.
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Educa ion
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How could we
ake ad an age
o LLMs
o imp o e
lea ning and eaching
(social) expe iences?
Sou ce: College Teaching, 1993
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The homewo k apocalypse
"To be clea , AI is no he oo cause o chea ing. Chea ing happens
because schoolwo k is ha d and high s akes. And schoolwo k is
ha d and high s akes because lea ning is no always un and o ms
o ex insic mo i a ion, like g ades, a e o en equi ed o ge
people o lea n."
-- E han Mollic
Sou ce: Pos -apocalip ic educa ion, 2024
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Why s uden s “chea ”
Sou ce: Inside Highe Ed x Gene a ion Lab. July 2025. 1,027 s uden s
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Illusion o compe ence
Sou ce: igsha e, 2025
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Dunning-K uge e ec
Sou ce: wikimedia, 2022, CC BY-SA
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Illusion o compe ence…
and weigh li ing
Sou ce: The e o ul educa o , 2025
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Illusion o compe ence…
and unning on a eadmill
Sou ce: Rhe Allain. 2025
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How eache s adap ?
Sou ce: h ps://mission-ia-sup. o ge.apps.educa ion. , 2025.
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AI wo kou
Ta ge ed men o ing: le e age AI o ewo d assessmen i ems
o imp o ed cla i y. Use AI o p o ide explana ions o code
snippe s.
Guided explo a ion: encou age AI o p opose a a ie y o
possible solu ions o a p oblem, os e ing di e gen hinking.
C i ical e alua ion: compa e AI-gene a ed ou pu s o de ec
possible gaps o inaccu acies.
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De elop c i ical hinking
"30 minu es o ask ques ions o Cha GPT ' o gene a e a
con e sa ion ha epea s wha was said in class he week be o e'
and ha equi es hem o ha e unde s ood and ' o ask he igh
ques ions o ge he igh answe s'; 20 minu es hen o wo k on
he ex 's bibliog aphy and e i y he accu acy o Cha GPT's
esponses."
-- An onio Casilli
Sou ce: Le pa isien é udian , 2023.
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Cou se cha bo
Sou ce: Inside Highe Ed x Gene a ion Lab. July 2025. 1,027 s uden s Sou ce: h ps://ko o-ai.com/
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Cou se cha bo
●+400 pages
●27 chap e s
h ps://py hon.sd .u-pa is. /
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h ps://biopyassis an .sd .u-pa is.
BioPyAssis an
LLM@UPCi é:
●D. Janiszek
●S. Bo ani
●PP
De elopmen :
●E.Touami
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BioPyAssis an
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BioPyAssis an
F om 70 M1/M2 s uden s in 2024-2025...
... o 400 L2/L3 s uden s in 2025-2026
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AI- alua e s uden p oduc ions?
G ading s uden
pape s w i en
by AIs
Asking an AI o
g ade s uden
pape s w i en by
AIs.
Sou ce: Twi e /X, 2023
Sou ce: Les Echos, 2025
Sou ce: F ance In o, 2024
