Dr. Adam K. Dubé
@edtechprof.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Associate Professor Learning Sciences; Faculty of Education; McGill University (he/him). Educational tech/games + math cog
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How ChatGPT is fueling an existential crisis in education | Decoder
YouTube video by Decoder with Nilay Patel
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Thanks to @reckless.bsky.social for having me as a guest on Decoder!
We spoke about GenAI in education, how digital natives don’t exist, children must be taught how to learn well with technology, and how students’ theory of artificial minds impacts how they use GenAI
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We spoke about GenAI in education, how digital natives don’t exist, children must be taught how to learn well with technology, and how students’ theory of artificial minds impacts how they use GenAI
youtu.be/JCLRz-tRZy0?...
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In case you ever wondered how edtech companies, academic publishers, and big AI corporations, as well as HE institutions, make money out of your academic work, here's our new paper starting to unpack the assetization of academic content
New OA article just out on "assetizing academic content" led by @jkom.bsky.social with me, @keanbirch.bsky.social & Klaus Beiter, exploring how academic materials are turned into value-generating digital assets by HE institutions, edtech platforms, and AI companies link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Assetizing academic content and the emergence of the ‘assetizen’: education platforms, publisher databases, and AI model training - Higher Education
Higher Education - Academic content, such as teaching materials and academic publications, has become an economic resource. This has occurred through assetization as the key economic regime in...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
In case you ever wondered how edtech companies, academic publishers, and big AI corporations, as well as HE institutions, make money out of your academic work, here's our new paper starting to unpack the assetization of academic content
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The news is now public: "A majority of academics in the Faculty of Science have joined the Association of McGill Professors of Science."
Welcome AMPS, to the #unionuniversity !
AMPL - AMPD ♥️ mcgillscience.ca
Welcome AMPS, to the #unionuniversity !
AMPL - AMPD ♥️ mcgillscience.ca
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The news is now public: "A majority of academics in the Faculty of Science have joined the Association of McGill Professors of Science."
Welcome AMPS, to the #unionuniversity !
AMPL - AMPD ♥️ mcgillscience.ca
Welcome AMPS, to the #unionuniversity !
AMPL - AMPD ♥️ mcgillscience.ca
When people use LLMs for medical diagnosis accuracy is below 50%. Strong case against automated benchmarks of LLM ‘ability.’
If your uncle can’t use it to diagnose a migraine, it can’t diagnose a migraine. A doctor could, cause she understands what questions to ask.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If your uncle can’t use it to diagnose a migraine, it can’t diagnose a migraine. A doctor could, cause she understands what questions to ask.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study - Nature Medicine
In a randomized controlled study involving 1,298 participants from a general sample, performance of humans when assisted by a large language model (LLM) was sensibly inferior to that of the LLM alone ...
www.nature.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:26 AM
When people use LLMs for medical diagnosis accuracy is below 50%. Strong case against automated benchmarks of LLM ‘ability.’
If your uncle can’t use it to diagnose a migraine, it can’t diagnose a migraine. A doctor could, cause she understands what questions to ask.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If your uncle can’t use it to diagnose a migraine, it can’t diagnose a migraine. A doctor could, cause she understands what questions to ask.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Dr. Adam K. Dubé
Chat bots give the wrong medical advice more than half the time. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
Health Advice From A.I. Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Chat bots give the wrong medical advice more than half the time. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
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Nearly 60% of children interact daily with a voice-activated #AI assistant. What does the research say about how children perceive AI?
Download your copy of the Research-at-a-Glance on “AI and Children” to learn more: bit.ly/4bZnXje
Download your copy of the Research-at-a-Glance on “AI and Children” to learn more: bit.ly/4bZnXje
February 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Nearly 60% of children interact daily with a voice-activated #AI assistant. What does the research say about how children perceive AI?
Download your copy of the Research-at-a-Glance on “AI and Children” to learn more: bit.ly/4bZnXje
Download your copy of the Research-at-a-Glance on “AI and Children” to learn more: bit.ly/4bZnXje
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You mean the same Gemini being pushed into K-12 schools?
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
Google’s Gemini, AI Mode, and AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Microsoft are starting to cite Musk’s Wikipedia knockoff.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:20 PM
You mean the same Gemini being pushed into K-12 schools?
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McGill continues to recruit top-tier researchers working abroad through the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program. This initiative supports the recruitment of internationally recognized scholars whose work addresses global and national challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply now: mcgill.ca/x/5iu
🔗 Learn more and apply now: mcgill.ca/x/5iu
January 30, 2026 at 8:48 PM
McGill continues to recruit top-tier researchers working abroad through the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program. This initiative supports the recruitment of internationally recognized scholars whose work addresses global and national challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply now: mcgill.ca/x/5iu
🔗 Learn more and apply now: mcgill.ca/x/5iu
Unfortunately necessary resource.
Graphic videos tied to current events spread rapidly online.
Our evidence-based parenting #TipSheet “12 Tips to Help Children Process Graphic News and Violence Online” offers practical expert-backed tips to help parents protect children from the effects of this exposure. https://bit.ly/48OwAvp
Our evidence-based parenting #TipSheet “12 Tips to Help Children Process Graphic News and Violence Online” offers practical expert-backed tips to help parents protect children from the effects of this exposure. https://bit.ly/48OwAvp
12 Tips to Help Children Process Graphic News and Violence Online - Children and Screens
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January 28, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Unfortunately necessary resource.
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Cried at work today. @kristenradtke.bsky.social www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Cried at work today. @kristenradtke.bsky.social www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
Last November I wrote a public piece critical of AI in education. Editor rejected it saying my claim that edtech is largely ineffective was unfounded. Edtech not working is the baseline. Rigor, testing, and transparency are needed to ensure more public $ is not wasted and students actually benefit.
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Last November I wrote a public piece critical of AI in education. Editor rejected it saying my claim that edtech is largely ineffective was unfounded. Edtech not working is the baseline. Rigor, testing, and transparency are needed to ensure more public $ is not wasted and students actually benefit.
As a Canadian, confirmed, that’s f’n cold. Respect.
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 AM
As a Canadian, confirmed, that’s f’n cold. Respect.
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A McGill research team has developed a painless, automated way to deliver in vitro fertilization hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch, an innovation that could ease one of the most stressful parts of fertility treatment.
🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/5UF | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social
🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/5UF | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 PM
A McGill research team has developed a painless, automated way to deliver in vitro fertilization hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch, an innovation that could ease one of the most stressful parts of fertility treatment.
🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/5UF | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social
🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/5UF | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social
Thank you to Kris and the team at C&S for a great conversation about AI and learning.
I hope parents and educators find it helpful.
I hope parents and educators find it helpful.
Is #AI actually helping students learn?
Tune in to the NEW #ScreenDeep episode for a discussion with #EdTech expert Adam Dubé, PhD, on how youth think about AI, how to integrate AI into the classroom thoughtfully, how to identify quality educational apps, and more. Listen now: bit.ly/4qBdhPI
Tune in to the NEW #ScreenDeep episode for a discussion with #EdTech expert Adam Dubé, PhD, on how youth think about AI, how to integrate AI into the classroom thoughtfully, how to identify quality educational apps, and more. Listen now: bit.ly/4qBdhPI
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Thank you to Kris and the team at C&S for a great conversation about AI and learning.
I hope parents and educators find it helpful.
I hope parents and educators find it helpful.
Reposted by Dr. Adam K. Dubé
Is #AI actually helping students learn?
Tune in to the NEW #ScreenDeep episode for a discussion with #EdTech expert Adam Dubé, PhD, on how youth think about AI, how to integrate AI into the classroom thoughtfully, how to identify quality educational apps, and more. Listen now: bit.ly/4qBdhPI
Tune in to the NEW #ScreenDeep episode for a discussion with #EdTech expert Adam Dubé, PhD, on how youth think about AI, how to integrate AI into the classroom thoughtfully, how to identify quality educational apps, and more. Listen now: bit.ly/4qBdhPI
January 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Is #AI actually helping students learn?
Tune in to the NEW #ScreenDeep episode for a discussion with #EdTech expert Adam Dubé, PhD, on how youth think about AI, how to integrate AI into the classroom thoughtfully, how to identify quality educational apps, and more. Listen now: bit.ly/4qBdhPI
Tune in to the NEW #ScreenDeep episode for a discussion with #EdTech expert Adam Dubé, PhD, on how youth think about AI, how to integrate AI into the classroom thoughtfully, how to identify quality educational apps, and more. Listen now: bit.ly/4qBdhPI
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All screen reading is not equal--comprehension varies tremendously by device and whether or not scrolling is necessary. This is what we found in a synthesis of 56 different studies on comprehension from paper versus various digital devices.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
All screen reading is not equal--comprehension varies tremendously by device and whether or not scrolling is necessary. This is what we found in a synthesis of 56 different studies on comprehension from paper versus various digital devices.
Tonight’s Xmas movie, Gremlins.
On rewatch: the mom straight up mercs three gremlins, unprovoked.
Sees ‘em-blenderizes, knifes, and microwaves ‘em
Rest of the movie is really a revenge story, gremlins strike back.
On rewatch: the mom straight up mercs three gremlins, unprovoked.
Sees ‘em-blenderizes, knifes, and microwaves ‘em
Rest of the movie is really a revenge story, gremlins strike back.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Tonight’s Xmas movie, Gremlins.
On rewatch: the mom straight up mercs three gremlins, unprovoked.
Sees ‘em-blenderizes, knifes, and microwaves ‘em
Rest of the movie is really a revenge story, gremlins strike back.
On rewatch: the mom straight up mercs three gremlins, unprovoked.
Sees ‘em-blenderizes, knifes, and microwaves ‘em
Rest of the movie is really a revenge story, gremlins strike back.
Reposted by Dr. Adam K. Dubé
How many times must we keep saying this?
Correlation does not imply cognition
www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
Correlation does not imply cognition
www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
How many times must we keep saying this?
Correlation does not imply cognition
www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
Correlation does not imply cognition
www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill
I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
December 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill
I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
Marking is done for the term! Can now go on holiday break!
December 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Marking is done for the term! Can now go on holiday break!
Reposted by Dr. Adam K. Dubé
McGill is recruiting top-tier researchers working abroad through the federally funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program, addressing global and national challenges. The first round is due in early 2026.
Learn more and submit your candidacy: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zh
Learn more and submit your candidacy: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zh
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
McGill is recruiting top-tier researchers working abroad through the federally funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program, addressing global and national challenges. The first round is due in early 2026.
Learn more and submit your candidacy: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zh
Learn more and submit your candidacy: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zh
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📣 CFP: Thinking Numbers, Thinking Machines
How does AI affect K-12 math learning/teaching?
We want chapters linking psych ↔️ education—cognition, pedagogy, equity, neuro, games, tutors+.
EOI due Jan 15, 2026
See the full call here: bit.ly/3V5Rwtl
#AIinEducation #MathEd
📣 CFP: Thinking Numbers, Thinking Machines
How does AI affect K-12 math learning/teaching?
We want chapters linking psych ↔️ education—cognition, pedagogy, equity, neuro, games, tutors+.
EOI due Jan 15, 2026
See the full call here: bit.ly/3V5Rwtl
#AIinEducation #MathEd
TLC Lab - Call For Chapter Proposals
PDF file Thinking Numbers, Thinking Machines: Mathematical Learning and Cognition in the GenAI Age Editors: Adam Dubé (McGill), Katherine M. Robinson (Regi...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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📣 CFP: Thinking Numbers, Thinking Machines
How does AI affect K-12 math learning/teaching?
We want chapters linking psych ↔️ education—cognition, pedagogy, equity, neuro, games, tutors+.
EOI due Jan 15, 2026
See the full call here: bit.ly/3V5Rwtl
#AIinEducation #MathEd
📣 CFP: Thinking Numbers, Thinking Machines
How does AI affect K-12 math learning/teaching?
We want chapters linking psych ↔️ education—cognition, pedagogy, equity, neuro, games, tutors+.
EOI due Jan 15, 2026
See the full call here: bit.ly/3V5Rwtl
#AIinEducation #MathEd
Yet, LLMs will be deployed into schools as tutors. . . . Same tech, same problems.
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yet, LLMs will be deployed into schools as tutors. . . . Same tech, same problems.