Archives de catégorie : In English

Shopping (online) – price, speed & (moral) comfort

In a previous post, I set out a mini-law and I promised examples to come. As a reminder, Docthib’s tiny law: « If, for a given product or service, you are looking for a more sustainable or respectful alternative*, while demanding … Continuer la lecture

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Docthib’s tiny law (ENG)

At a time when many people are making their New Year’s resolutions, and perhaps just as many are deciding to stop making such resolutions (“new year’s resolutions are like a cheque drawn on a bank in which you have no … Continuer la lecture

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ChatGPT or ChatGepetto ?

Inspired by the example of my esteemed colleague Benjamin Voyer, I did the following experiment: ask ChatGPT to write my biography, Wikipedia style. Like Ben Voyer, I was also very surprised by the result. As regards form, it is perfect. … Continuer la lecture

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TotalEnergies: white, black or green?

TotalEnergies has just published a record profit of 14 billion euros. What about the expected dividend (more than half of the profit)? In a business that is 90% based on the exploitation of fossil fuels, where are the investments to … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus #9 – The Ultimate Combo for online teaching

This blog post is part of a series of reflections on the Coronavirus / Covid-19 crisis and the transition I had to operate from my face-to-face courses to online classes. Fellow professors, look no further: here is the ultimate combination … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus #8: online exams and cheating – 5 laws, some solutions and many questions

This blog post is part of a series of reflections on the Coronavirus / Covid-19 crisis and the transition I had to operate from my face-to-face courses to online classes. Never before have students cheated as much as at the … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus #7: The 3 components in the value of your diploma, and how emergency online teaching interferes with that

This blog post is part of a series of reflections on the Coronavirus / Covid-19 crisis and the immediate transition from my face-to-face courses to online classes. At the time of writing of this blog post, there are still uncertainties … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus #6: Online courses versus face-to-face courses: identical twins or siblings?

This blog post is part of a series of reflections on the Coronavirus / Covid-19 crisis and the immediate transition from my face-to-face courses to online classes. Beware: long blog post. This article started from the following idea: in previous … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus #5: first weeks of online teaching – from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde (2/2)

This blog post is part of a series of reflections on the Coronavirus / Covid-19 crisis and the immediate transition from my face-to-face courses to online classes. Here is the continuation of my experiments on the abrupt switch of all … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus #4 : first week of pivoting to online teaching (1/2) – the Dr. Jekyll syndrom

This blog post is part of a series of reflections on the Corona virus crisis and the immediate transition from my face-to-face courses to online classes. After general thoughts, let’s move on to a field report. Last week, I had … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus #3: the 3 Laws of Pedagogics to switch to an online course

This blog post is part of a series of reflections on the Corona virus crisis and the immediate transition from my face-to-face courses to online classes. Here is the report of some experiments I have done in the past few … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus #2 : Communication (ENG)

This blog post is part of a series of reflections on the Corona virus crisis and the immediate transition from my face-to-face courses to online classes. It has been announced yesterday night: France has just reached stage 3 of the … Continuer la lecture

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CovidCampus: how to move quickly to 100% online courses? #1

Today I am starting a sequence of reflections on e-learning, following the Coronavirus crisis. Indeed, even if to date the French government has not yet taken a position on the shutting out of universities and grandes écoles, I prefer to … Continuer la lecture

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How to secure a rock-steady profitability: A Scottish anecdote

Whisky is sunlight held together by water(displayed on a board outside a pub in Edinburgh) [you can find a French version of this article here] This summer, we got stranded on the Isle of Arran (Scotland) while we were heading … Continuer la lecture

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April 20th: Isaac Newton made a +100% profit on this day, almost 300 years ago

Dear readers and finance enthusiasts, on this day (April 20th), but in 1720, Sir Isaac Newton decided he could no longer bear the frenzy of the markets around the South Sea Company shares (first IPO in England), and decided to … Continuer la lecture

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Book suggestions for students

I was asked by a student – for the purpose of a school newspaper – to suggest to students « A BOOK THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE and WHY. » Tricky question indeed. I answered with the following : Dear Student, I … Continuer la lecture

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