[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":871},["ShallowReactive",2],{"posts":3},[4,111,279,449,678],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"date":101,"description":102,"disabled":103,"extension":104,"meta":105,"navigation":106,"path":107,"seo":108,"stem":109,"__hash__":110},"posts\u002Fposts\u002Fbrand-new-blog.md","BNB (Brand New Blog)",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":99},"minimark",[10,15,24,31,35,56,60,63,88,92,95],[11,12,14],"h1",{"id":13},"why","Why ?",[16,17,18,19,23],"p",{},"After several experimentations on a custom-made blog, the inertia of the project has been too much to handle. I've decided to switch to a more robust solution, and ",[20,21,22],"em",{},"NuxtContent"," seems to be the perfect fit between flexibility and ease of use.",[25,26,28],"blockquote",{"type":27},"info",[16,29,30],{},"This is the first post of my new blog. I'm still working on the design and the content. I'll try to release new content as soon as possible and share misc, useful or not, thoughts.",[11,32,34],{"id":33},"how","How ?",[16,36,37,38,45,46,50,51,55],{},"With the amazing ",[39,40,44],"a",{"href":41,"rel":42},"https:\u002F\u002Fnuxtjs.org\u002F",[43],"nofollow","Nuxt"," ecosystem, I've been able to set up the blog in a few minutes. 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I'm still working on the design and the content, so stay tuned! 😎",[96,97,98],"style",{},"html .light .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-light);background: var(--shiki-light-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration);}html.light .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-light);background: var(--shiki-light-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration);}html .default .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-default);background: var(--shiki-default-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-default-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-default-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-default-text-decoration);}html .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-default);background: var(--shiki-default-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-default-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-default-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-default-text-decoration);}html .dark .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-dark);background: var(--shiki-dark-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-dark-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-dark-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-dark-text-decoration);}html.dark .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-dark);background: var(--shiki-dark-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-dark-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-dark-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-dark-text-decoration);}",{"title":70,"searchDepth":84,"depth":84,"links":100},[],"2024-10-06","My Brand New Blog 😎",false,"md",{},true,"\u002Fposts\u002Fbrand-new-blog",{"title":6,"description":102},"posts\u002Fbrand-new-blog","8RBDS0s9eKI2EwCNVGhFmQeiz14tXOhRaBG4ymJFWeI",{"id":112,"title":113,"body":114,"date":272,"description":273,"disabled":103,"extension":104,"meta":274,"navigation":106,"path":275,"seo":276,"stem":277,"__hash__":278},"posts\u002Fposts\u002Feiah-first-conf.md","EIAH: first conference",{"type":8,"value":115,"toc":268},[116,134,138,141,144,149,152,193,204,208,219,222,228,231,235,238,241,244,247,250,254,257,265],[117,118,124],"div",{"className":119},[120,121,122,123],"flex","items-center","justify-center","pt-8",[125,126],"iframe",{"width":127,"height":128,"src":129,"title":130,"frameBorder":131,"allow":132,"referrerPolicy":133,"allowFullScreen":106},"100%",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FGF8aaTu2kg0?si=38s9BDbC7WW4j_Bk","YouTube video player","0","accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share","strict-origin-when-cross-origin",[11,135,137],{"id":136},"context","Context",[16,139,140],{},"EIAH (Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain) is a conference dedicated to technology-enhanced learning. It was my first conference and I had the opportunity to present my first paper (written with Franck, Jean-Baptiste and Emmanuel), meet many people, and attend interesting talks.",[16,142,143],{},"The conference took place in 📌 Lille, France, from 📅 June 10 to 13, 2025.",[145,146,148],"h2",{"id":147},"program","Program",[16,150,151],{},"The program was rich and varied, with many interesting talks and workshops.\nTimeline was as follows:",[153,154,155,163,175,187],"ul",{},[156,157,158,162],"li",{},[159,160,161],"strong",{},"June 10",": Workshops, with a first session on the morning (I attended the one on \"Skills & Learning Analytics Dashboards\") and a second session in the afternoon (I attended the one on \"AI\").",[156,164,165,168,169,174],{},[159,166,167],{},"June 11",": 1st day of paper presentations, where I presented ",[39,170,173],{"href":171,"rel":172},"https:\u002F\u002Fhal.science\u002Fhal-05070808\u002F",[43],"our paper"," on the Responsible Integration of Generative AI in Education. The afternoon was dedicated to posters and demos.",[156,176,177,180,181,186],{},[159,178,179],{},"June 12",": 2nd day of paper presentations. José and Luis from our ",[39,182,185],{"href":183,"rel":184},"https:\u002F\u002Firit.fr\u002FTALENT\u002Fsite",[43],"TALENT team"," also presented their paper that had been accepted. The evening was dedicated to a social event with a dinner in the city center.",[156,188,189,192],{},[159,190,191],{},"June 13",": Last day of the conference, with a few more paper presentations and a keynote by Engin Bumbacher.",[16,194,195,196,203],{},"I particularly enjoyed the keynote by ",[197,198,202],"icon-link",{":external":199,"icon-name":200,"route":201},"true","i-academicons:google-scholar","https:\u002F\u002Fscholar.google.com\u002Fcitations?user=yu5GSC4AAAAJ&hl=en","Engin Bumbacher"," about \"The design of pedagogical tools as a mediator between learning theories and teachers\". Although the learning theories are still a bit abstract for me, I found the talk very interesting and it gave me some ideas for my future work.",[145,205,207],{"id":206},"our-paper","Our paper",[16,209,210,211,214,215,218],{},"I presented  ",[39,212,173],{"href":171,"rel":213},[43]," on the Responsible Integration of Generative AI in Education, which was a ",[159,216,217],{},"position paper",". After identifying 3 trends on GenAI in Education (1. Use of GenAI is increasing, especially on student side; 2. The gap between students and teachers on GenAI use is widening; 3. Students use GenAI in a context not controlled by teachers and not always by their parents.), we proposed an integration of risk management in the design of GenAI tools for education applied to my PhD project on Konsolidation Dashboards (KDo).",[16,220,221],{},"A contribution was also the Enriched Design-Based Research (DBR) (see figure below). This enriched-DBR contribution has been added to next papers. The one I presented at EIAH 2025 was still in an early stage and it was not yet fully integrated.",[223,224],"img",{"src":225,"alt":226,"style":227},"\u002Fblog\u002Fdbr_enhanced.png","Enriched DBR","width: 80%; margin: auto; display: block",[16,229,230],{},"It was kind of unexpected to have a position paper accepted since we didn't see this type of paper in last years' proceedings. Yet, it was a great opportunity to present our work and get feedback from the community. The presentation went well, and I received some interesting questions and comments.",[11,232,234],{"id":233},"retro","Retro",[16,236,237],{},"Now, let's talk about the conference experience itself. Although it was my first conference, I felt quite comfortable. I had the opportunity to meet many people, PhD students \u002F postdocs \u002F researchers from different universities and research labs, and I was able to discuss my work with them.\nNetworking was a key aspect of the conference, and I was able to exchange ideas and experiences with other researchers from different fields and backgrounds, which was very enriching.",[16,239,240],{},"The first day on the workshops was a bit weird, activity-wise. I think I didn't got lucky on the ones I attended since both had some techical issues resulting in delay and not doing the activities as planned. It was still a great introduction to the conference, people and the first discussions.",[16,242,243],{},"My paper presentation was on the first day of paper presentations, which was a bit stressful but also very exciting. I didn't prepare a lot for it (we still did 4 or 5 tries before...😅) and it went pretty well.",[16,245,246],{},"I appreciated the informal talks and networking aspects of the conference during evening events. It allowed me to meet people in a more relaxed setting and discuss our work in a more informal way. On the networking side, I think I met some people I will keep in touch with since we have similar research interests and collaborations are possible.",[16,248,249],{},"The topic of EIAH is inter-disciplinary, and this year was a bit more about social sciences. Although I find it very interesting, there were less technical talks than I expected.",[11,251,253],{"id":252},"whats-next","What's next?",[16,255,256],{},"Now, what's next for the next weeks and months?",[153,258,259,262],{},[156,260,261],{},"Short-term: finishing ECTEL demo paper, KDo development, and focus-groups with teachers 👩‍🏫",[156,263,264],{},"Mid-term: 1st experiment on KDo (planned for September 2025) 🫣",[16,266,267],{},"🔜 A new blog post will be released soon about the PhD journey with some feedback and lessons learned so far.",{"title":70,"searchDepth":84,"depth":84,"links":269},[270,271],{"id":147,"depth":84,"text":148},{"id":206,"depth":84,"text":207},"2025-06-15","Recap of my first conference experience at EIAH 2025 in Lille",{},"\u002Fposts\u002Feiah-first-conf",{"title":113,"description":273},"posts\u002Feiah-first-conf","H19LpLEyodwl6eWz5SsV16qmSEzgjE6Rj58n5PQXIR8",{"id":280,"title":281,"body":282,"date":442,"description":443,"disabled":103,"extension":104,"meta":444,"navigation":106,"path":445,"seo":446,"stem":447,"__hash__":448},"posts\u002Fposts\u002Fjourney-to-research.md","My journey to Research",{"type":8,"value":283,"toc":434},[284,289,293,296,300,309,313,328,332,336,358,362,388,392,396,419,423],[16,285,286],{},[20,287,288],{},"I discovered research when I reoriented myself after a few years on very different studies. It doesn't have to be a straight line, and reorienting yourself is not a failure.",[11,290,292],{"id":291},"tunnel-vision","Tunnel vision",[16,294,295],{},"I've always pretty much liked school. Although I did enjoy some subjects and dislike others, I've always been a kind of \"classic\" student. Not doing too much but just enough. I didn't have big ambitions, I just wanted to do something I liked and that would allow me to live decently.",[145,297,299],{"id":298},"high-school","High school",[16,301,302,303,308],{},"After a few years, I realized that high school wasn't the best period for me. I played football A LOT and wasn't very worried about school: my goal was to become a physiotherapist. Studying for this job in France relies on medical studies: the only condition to be accepted was to have the ",[39,304,307],{"href":305,"rel":306},"https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBaccalaur%C3%A9at_en_France",[43],"Baccalauréat"," (which is the most common exam when you finish high school). Which I obtained with low grades.",[145,310,312],{"id":311},"medicine-️-foreign-languages","Medicine ➡️ Foreign languages ?",[16,314,315,316,321,322,327],{},"After obtaining the \"Bac\", I did a few months in ",[39,317,320],{"href":318,"rel":319},"https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPremi%C3%A8re_ann%C3%A9e_commune_aux_%C3%A9tudes_de_sant%C3%A9",[43],"PACES"," (Première Année Commune aux Études de Santé, translated as \"Common First Year of Medical Studies\"). This didn't go well and I realized the requirements to pass the year: study, learn by heart and do not even try to understand (spoiler: it's useless). That wasn't for me at all. After this year, I decided to go to university to study foreign languages. I've always been decent at English and this was my security blanket. I did a year of English and Spanish but realized that it didn't suit me either. After a few searches and an internship where I wrote my first lines of code, I decided to give a try to the ",[39,323,326],{"href":324,"rel":325},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.iut-rodez.fr\u002Ffr\u002Fles-formations\u002Fbut-informatique\u002Fbut-informatique-presentation",[43],"\"DUT Informatique\""," which is a 2-year technical degree in computer science.",[11,329,331],{"id":330},"discovering-computer-science","Discovering computer science",[145,333,335],{"id":334},"dut-informatique","DUT Informatique",[16,337,338,339,342,343,348,349,351,352,357],{},"These 2 years were a revelation. I discovered a new passion, computer science. I loved learning new things, discovering new stuff everyday and the fact that you can basically create anything you want. I really enjoyed some subjects like databases and web development.",[340,341],"br",{},"\nDuring DUT, ",[39,344,347],{"href":345,"rel":346},"https:\u002F\u002Ffrancksilvestre.github.io\u002F",[43],"Franck Silvestre"," was one of my teacher for databases and project managements. He was the one who introduced me to research and the possibility to do a PhD. I didn't really know what it was but I was curious.",[340,350],{},"\nThese 2 years have been marked by COVID-19 and the lockdowns. I was lucky to live at my parents' house, so I was never alone. After obtaining my diploma, I decided to pursue my studies in computer science and I joined the ",[39,353,356],{"href":354,"rel":355},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.miage.fr\u002Ftoulouse\u002F",[43],"MIAGE of Paul Sabatier, Toulouse",".",[145,359,361],{"id":360},"l3-miage","L3 MIAGE",[16,363,364,365,367,368,373,374,376,377,381,382,387],{},"MIAGE stands for \"Méthodes Informatiques Appliquées à la Gestion des Entreprises\" which can be translated as \"Methods of Computer Science Applied to Business Management\".",[340,366],{},"\nIt is a good mix between computer science and project management. An important aspect to me was also to be able to start my apprenticeship in a company. After a 2 months internship at ",[39,369,372],{"href":370,"rel":371},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ragt.fr\u002F",[43],"R2N, RAGT",", I decided to continue one year with them as an apprentice.",[340,375],{},"\nThis experience was very enriching and I learned a lot about the professional world. I worked on a variety of projects and I was able to apply what I learned at school. At the end of this year, ",[39,378,380],{"href":345,"rel":379},[43],"Franck"," contacted me to offer me an apprenticeship in his research team and within a company called ",[39,383,386],{"href":384,"rel":385},"https:\u002F\u002Fkosmos-education.com",[43],"Kosmos",". I accepted and started my apprenticeship in September 2022.",[11,389,391],{"id":390},"discovering-research","Discovering research",[145,393,395],{"id":394},"master-miage-apprenticeship","Master MIAGE & Apprenticeship",[16,397,398,399,403,404,409,410,415,416,418],{},"My Master has been a 2 years full of discoveries. I worked a lot on personnal projects and discovered the world of research thanks to the apprenticeship. I joined ",[39,400,185],{"href":401,"rel":402},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.irit.fr\u002Fdepartement\u002Fintelligence-collective-interaction\u002Ftalent\u002F",[43]," at ",[39,405,408],{"href":406,"rel":407},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.irit.fr\u002F",[43],"IRIT"," and worked on ",[39,411,414],{"href":412,"rel":413},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.atief.fr\u002Fthese\u002Follivierdenis",[43],"Denis Ollivier thesis"," about Testing and Spacing effects.",[340,417],{},"\nMy main mission was to develop an application to help students to revise. It was really interesting since it was a mix between research and full-stack development. This opportunity led me to my current position: PhD student in the same team.",[145,420,422],{"id":421},"phd-opportunity","PhD opportunity",[16,424,425,426,428,429,431,433],{},"For the past 2 years, my goal has never changed: I want to do a PhD. Discovering it for 2 years with the environment of Denis' thesis has been the best way to know if I wanted to do it. After several iterations about the subject, administrative stuff and a lot of discussions, I finally started my PhD in November 2024. The subject is yet not officaly translated but a draft of it would be: \"Technology-supported regulation of learning: what contributions from generative AI?\".",[340,427],{},"\nThis is only the beginning of a new adventure and I'm really excited about it.",[340,430],{},[340,432],{},"\nSee you soon! 👋",{"title":70,"searchDepth":84,"depth":84,"links":435},[436,437,438,439,440,441],{"id":298,"depth":84,"text":299},{"id":311,"depth":84,"text":312},{"id":334,"depth":84,"text":335},{"id":360,"depth":84,"text":361},{"id":394,"depth":84,"text":395},{"id":421,"depth":84,"text":422},"2024-11-16","How did I discover the research world?",{},"\u002Fposts\u002Fjourney-to-research",{"title":281,"description":443},"posts\u002Fjourney-to-research","2w1MX4um7Md9ViceGgw9JE2MDUpRAHlpANY5sJIer-A",{"id":450,"title":451,"body":452,"date":671,"description":672,"disabled":103,"extension":104,"meta":673,"navigation":106,"path":674,"seo":675,"stem":676,"__hash__":677},"posts\u002Fposts\u002Fmemoire-a-flashcard-project.md","Memoire: A Flashcard Project",{"type":8,"value":453,"toc":662},[454,458,490,495,499,522,525,530,552,556,582,586,622,626,641,643,650,659],[11,455,457],{"id":456},"whats-this-project-about","What's this project about?",[16,459,460,465,466,468,469,474,475,478,479,482,483,486,487,357],{},[39,461,464],{"href":462,"rel":463},"https:\u002F\u002Fmemoire.cloud",[43],"Memoire"," is a flashcard project I've been working on for a few weeks now. The goal is to create a tool that helps me memorize things more efficiently using flashcards.",[340,467],{},"\nAfter some readings about ",[470,471,473],"special-word",{"icon-name":472},"uil:calendar-alt","spaced-repetition"," in technology-enhanced-learning, I've identified limitations about existing tools: ",[159,476,477],{},"UX",", ",[159,480,481],{},"flexibility",", but also ",[159,484,485],{},"open-source alternatives"," or ",[159,488,489],{},"research-friendly tools",[25,491,492],{"type":27},[16,493,494],{},"This post will mostly talk about the project's inception, the technologies I've used, and the first steps I've taken to build it. I won't go too deep in the technical details, this will be the subject of future posts.",[145,496,498],{"id":497},"technology-enhanced-learning","Technology-Enhanced Learning",[16,500,501,505,506,508,509,513,514,403,518,521],{},[502,503,504],"word-tooltip",{"tooltip":498},"TEL"," is a broad term that refers to the use of technology to support learning.",[340,507],{},"\nIt's been 2 years that I've worked in the field of TEL: my apprenticeship at ",[39,510,386],{"href":511,"rel":512},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kosmos-education.com\u002F",[43]," and within the ",[39,515,185],{"href":516,"rel":517},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.irit.fr\u002FTALENT\u002Fsite\u002Fen\u002Fhome\u002F",[43],[39,519,408],{"href":406,"rel":520},[43],". This field particularly interests me because it combines my passion for technology and my interest in education.",[523,524],"separator",{},[526,527,529],"h3",{"id":528},"the-4-pillars-of-learning","The 4 pillars of learning",[16,531,532,533,478,536,478,539,542,543,546,547,551],{},"Stanislas Dehaene, a French neuroscientist, has identified 4 pillars of learning: ",[159,534,535],{},"Attention",[159,537,538],{},"Active Engagement",[159,540,541],{},"Error Feedback",", and ",[159,544,545],{},"Consolidation",". In his book ",[470,548,550],{"icon-name":549},"uil:book-open","Apprendre"," (Les talents du cerveau, le défi des machines), he explains how these 4 pillars are essential to learning. This book is incredibly interesting and I highly recommend it. Basically, the idea is that learning is a complex process that involves several mechanisms in the brain and the mobilization of multiple cognitive functions is necessary to learn effectively.",[526,553,555],{"id":554},"spacing-testing-effects","Spacing & Testing effects",[16,557,558,559,562,563,357,566,568,569,571,572,574,575,577,578,581],{},"Two concepts are particularly interesting in the field of learning: the ",[159,560,561],{},"spacing effect"," and the ",[159,564,565],{},"testing effect",[340,567],{},"\nThe ",[159,570,561],{}," is the idea that we learn better when we space our learning over time. The ",[159,573,565],{}," is the idea that we learn better when we test our knowledge.",[340,576],{},"\nThese 2 effects are the basis of the ",[159,579,580],{},"spaced repetition"," technique, which is the foundation of many flashcard tools such as Anki or SuperMemo. The idea is to review information at increasing intervals of time to improve long-term retention.",[145,583,585],{"id":584},"global-architecture","Global architecture",[16,587,588,589,594,595,600,601,606,607,612,613,618,619,621],{},"This is the global architecture of the project:\n",[223,590],{"src":591,"alt":592,"style":593},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmemoire_archi.png","Memoire architecture","width: 100%;","\nI chose to work with ",[197,596,44],{":external":199,"icon-name":597,"route":598,"size":599},"i-logos-nuxt-icon","https:\u002F\u002Fnuxt.com","sm"," and ",[197,602,605],{":external":199,"icon-name":603,"route":604,"size":599},"i-logos-adonisjs-icon","https:\u002F\u002Fadonisjs.com","AdonisJS"," because I'm familiar with these technologies and I find them very powerful.\nThanks to ",[197,608,611],{":external":199,"icon-name":609,"route":610,"size":599},"i-logos-github-icon","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com","Github Actions"," I can build ",[197,614,617],{":external":199,"icon-name":615,"route":616,"size":599},"i-logos-docker-icon","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.docker.com","Docker"," images and deploy containers on a small 5€\u002Fmonth VPS.",[340,620],{},"\nI wanted to keep the project simple and focus on the core features. I also wanted to make it easy to deploy and maintain, thus the choice of Docker and the pipeline with Github Actions.",[145,623,625],{"id":624},"research-oriented-features","Research-oriented features",[16,627,628,629,357,634,636,637,640],{},"The main goal of Memoire is to help me memorize things more efficiently. But I also want to make it a research-friendly tool. To enable this, I plan to add features to make it easy to export data, to analyze it, and to integrate it with other tools or be compliant with ",[39,630,633],{"href":631,"rel":632},"https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FXAPI",[43],"xAPI",[340,635],{},"\nThe project ",[159,638,639],{},"is"," open-source and one goal is also to make it easy to deploy and maintain for other people, on their own infrastructure.",[11,642,253],{"id":252},[16,644,645,646],{},"Here are some features I plan to add in the future:\n",[223,647],{"src":648,"alt":649,"style":593},"\u002Fblog\u002Fnext-memoire.png","Next memoire",[16,651,652,653,658],{},"A lot of work remains to be done. After exploring some ",[39,654,657],{"href":655,"rel":656},"https:\u002F\u002Flinear.app",[43],"Linear"," products and company vision, I'll also focus the work on providing a better user experience and a more flexible tool.",[16,660,661],{},"I'm very excited about this project and I can't wait to see where it will lead me. I plan to write more posts about it in the future, so stay tuned!",{"title":70,"searchDepth":84,"depth":84,"links":663},[664,669,670],{"id":497,"depth":84,"text":498,"children":665},[666,668],{"id":528,"depth":667,"text":529},3,{"id":554,"depth":667,"text":555},{"id":584,"depth":84,"text":585},{"id":624,"depth":84,"text":625},"2024-10-12","A first retrospective on my flashcard project",{},"\u002Fposts\u002Fmemoire-a-flashcard-project",{"title":451,"description":672},"posts\u002Fmemoire-a-flashcard-project","Z8rOKEUtxcnum8X_o6vsvL9eNeyJeMQS_ou02ScHz_0",{"id":679,"title":680,"body":681,"date":864,"description":865,"disabled":103,"extension":104,"meta":866,"navigation":106,"path":867,"seo":868,"stem":869,"__hash__":870},"posts\u002Fposts\u002Fphd-first-4-months-retro.md","PhD: a 4-month retrospective",{"type":8,"value":682,"toc":859},[683,686,692,695,701,705,709,712,726,730,733,750,755,794,809,812,815,818,824,828,831,837,841,851,854,856],[16,684,685],{},"I was wondering how I could start this post. Maybe a 🎶 song 🎶 is worth a thousand words:",[117,687,689],{"className":688},[120,121,122,123],[125,690],{"width":127,"height":128,"src":691,"title":130,"frameBorder":131,"allow":132,"referrerPolicy":133,"allowFullScreen":106},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FDmWWqogr_r8?si=_cN-2EOKZMsPYKkE",[16,693,694],{},"Yes, I learned a lot. On the PhD itself, on teaching and learning, but also on myself. Let's jump in!",[25,696,698],{"type":697},"warning",[16,699,700],{},"This post is about my experience and my feelings. It's not a \"how-to\" guide or a \"best practices\" post. It's just me sharing my thoughts and experiences I had during the first 4 months of my PhD.",[11,702,704],{"id":703},"reading-reading-and-rea-writing","Reading, reading and rea- writing?",[145,706,708],{"id":707},"introduction","Introduction",[16,710,711],{},"Although I started to \"read\" (it was more likely just skimming through articles) scientific papers a few years ago, I've never actually had the opportunity to organize and synthesize my findings effectively. The first weeks of my thesis has been very intense in terms of reading. I think there are a few reasons behind this.",[16,713,714,715,721,722,725],{},"First, my thesis subject Technology-enhanced regulation of learning: what contributions from GenAI? ",[716,717,720],"prose-a",{"href":718,"target":719},"https:\u002F\u002Ftheses.fr\u002Fs403597","_blank","(see here)"," is by definition interdisciplinary. It means there are different fields to explore, such as cognitive psychology, educational sciences but also AI and computer science. Second, the Generative AI era is moving ",[159,723,724],{},"really"," fast. Every day, new papers are published on arXiv but also on famous and relevant journals. There are also different papers coming from UNESCO, governments, and other organizations. So, how to keep up with all of this?",[145,727,729],{"id":728},"iterative-improvements","Iterative improvements",[16,731,732],{},"Iterative improvements. By testing different methods and refine them, I found a way to be more efficient in my reading process. The goal was to try methods, see what works and what doesn't, and then refine them. Here is what I first did:",[734,735,736,739,747],"ol",{},[156,737,738],{},"Identify key papers in the field.",[156,740,741,742,746],{},"Add them in Zotero (using ",[716,743,745],{"href":744,"target":719},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.zotero.org\u002Fdownload\u002Fconnectors","this wonderful Zotero browser plugin",").",[156,748,749],{},"Read and annotate them on GoodNotes on my iPad.",[25,751,752],{"type":27},[16,753,754],{},"Zotero is actually one of my best discoveries of this period. I knew it before, but I never really used it. It's a free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials. It's really powerful and I highly recommend it.",[16,756,757,758,478,762,478,766,600,769,773,774,778,779,783,784,788,789,793],{},"After a few weeks, I had a lot of papers in my Zotero library. I then started to tag them. My tags are organised in a way it allows my to prioritize my reading ",[47,759,761],{"color":760},"red","P1",[47,763,765],{"color":764},"yellow","P2",[47,767,768],{"color":53},"P3",[47,770,772],{"color":771},"cyan","BONUS","\nI also tagged them depending on their status. I have a tag ",[47,775,777],{"color":776},"wine","FINISHED"," for finished papers, and ",[47,780,782],{"color":781},"blue","CURRENT"," to track papers I'm currently reading. Finally, for \"important papers\" I have 2 tags: ",[47,785,787],{"color":786},"lime","C>100"," for papers with more than 100 citations and ",[47,790,792],{"color":791},"grass","C++"," (you got it?) for \"important\" papers in their\nfield.",[795,796,798,799,798,803],"figure",{"style":797},"width: 80%; margin: auto; padding: 1rem 0;","\n    ",[223,800],{"src":801,"alt":802,"style":593},"\u002Fblog\u002Fzotero_tags.png","Zotero tags",[804,805,808],"figcaption",{"className":806},[807],"italic","My Zotero tags used to organize my readings",[16,810,811],{},"I also started to directly annotate through Zotero from my laptop. Their annotation tool is really good and allows me to highlight (with a specific color code) with less friction than GoodNotes.",[16,813,814],{},"Zotero is synced and I can access my library from any device. It's really convenient to read from my iPad or quickly search for a paper on my phone.",[16,816,817],{},"After a few weeks of reading papers, we had the opportunity to write a first paper based on our findings.",[25,819,821],{"type":820},"important",[16,822,823],{},"Due to anonymity reasons, I can't share or talk about the content of the paper. It'll be the subject for another post 🤓. I'll still share the main difficulties I had during this exercice and how I dealt with it.",[145,825,827],{"id":826},"from-divergence-to-convergence","From divergence to convergence",[16,829,830],{},"I think one of the main difficulty in the writing exercise has been to quickly switch from a divergent way of thinking (by exploring different papers and ideas) to a convergent way (by identifying gaps in the literature and proposing positions). This writing exercise was really helpful and I learned a lot from it.",[16,832,833,834,836],{},"If I had the opportunity to go back 2 years ago, I'd probably focus more on writing exercises. I felt I had lacked practice in this area. I think it's really important to be able to write effectively and efficiently while being able to convey strong messages in a clear way. Reading papers helps you find out formulas, expressions or a basis for your writing. But I think practicing writing is ",[159,835,724],{}," important.",[11,838,840],{"id":839},"teaching-experience","Teaching experience",[16,842,843,844,600,847,850],{},"During this period, I also had the opportunity to teach a course on ",[47,845,846],{"color":776},"Kotlin",[47,848,849],{"color":49},"Spring Boot"," to 3rd year students. It was a really interesting experience and definitely something I'd like to do again.",[16,852,853],{},"I've always liked the \"learning by teaching\". During my first university years, I had the opportunity to participate in tutoring sessions. I really liked it and I think it helped me a lot in my learning process. I think it's a great way to learn and to understand concepts.",[11,855,253],{"id":252},[16,857,858],{},"After submitting my first paper, the goal is to gather stakeholders' feedback and to start working on application. Antoine will join us as a full-stack intern and will help us in the development of the application. Stay tuned for more updates on this topic! (Pssst, I'm writing this way later than expected. I should have written this post a few weeks ago... but keep this as a secret 🤫)",{"title":70,"searchDepth":84,"depth":84,"links":860},[861,862,863],{"id":707,"depth":84,"text":708},{"id":728,"depth":84,"text":729},{"id":826,"depth":84,"text":827},"2025-02-24","A 4-month retrospective on my PhD journey",{},"\u002Fposts\u002Fphd-first-4-months-retro",{"title":680,"description":865},"posts\u002Fphd-first-4-months-retro","ViWoN23x5I-GRrMjmrLf_ZwDLcRpWotN_XTWvzIoc4Y",1781869814098]