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This study examines the trends and developments in publications, as well as the dynamics of scientific collaboration among authors, countries, organizations, and recent sources related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in university education and learning. A bibliometric analysis of 285 articles published since 2014 until March 26, 2024, drawn from the Web of Science database, revealed a strong association between AI and themes such as education, student motivation, feedback, and self-control. China and the United States are the most influential countries in this research field, with increasing collaboration from other countries such as Brazil, Canada, Israel, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, and Vietnam since 2023. The earliest publications date back to 2022 in specialized journals such as International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education and Educational Technology & Society. Although the analysis has limitations, such as a limited understanding of trends, partial coverage of publications, and low representativeness of data, it provides valuable insights for future interdisciplinary collaboration projects and qualitative research aimed at better understanding the dynamics of AI integration in higher education.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, Intelligence artificielle, bibliometric analysis, formation universitaire, learning, apprentissage, research trends, analyse bibliométrique, university education, tendances de recherche

Many classroom management studies have documented teachers’ perspectives on their practices. However, the perspective of students, who witness these practices firsthand, has received relatively little attention. This research aimed to measure senior high school students’ perceptions of their teachers’ proactive and reactive classroom management practices, and to examine the contribution of personal (e.g., school experience) and environmental (e.g., grade level, school type, curriculum) variables. To achieve this, a quantitative research design was adopted and 278 students were recruited from four secondary schools to complete a self-reported online questionnaire. The results offer a novel perspective on the frequency of use of classroom management practices in Quebec high schools by presenting a portrait that is more preventive than reactive. They also highlight the major contribution of the quality of students’ school experience. The results also allow for the identification of avenues for intervention and research.

Keywords: classroom management practices, pratiques de gestion de classe, student perceptions, perceptions des élèves, fréquence d’utilisation, frequency, écoles secondaires, secondary school, classes ordinaires, mainstream classroom, expérience scolaire globale, school experience

The author examines the major recorded oil spills into international and nationalseas, some of them occurring in Canada, caused by supertankers: the TorreyCanyon, the Arrow, the Amoco Cadiz, the Gino, the Aegean Captain and theAtlantic Express, the Odyssey, the Exxon Valdez, the Braer, the Maersk Navigator,the Erika, the Prestige and the Ixtoc 1 (oil well).But, there are a lot more accidents, since those black tides began, in 1960. Eachyear, since the seventies, we could count around half-dozen of such oil spills disasters.Annex A provides a table listing all oil spill accidents from tankers since1975 involving more than 20 000 tonnes of oil. Annex B provides the chronologicallist of all accidents since 1960.Following the recent verdict in the Total SA affair (the Erika charterer), announcedby the Paris Criminal Court on January 16, 2008, after several years of trial, theauthor takes this opportunity of studying oil spill accidents and causes, someresearch programs, ecological and economical impacts, legal aspects, insuranceand indemnification, all in order to learn some lessons from such perils of sea.

Keywords: Hydrocarbures, pollution par les pétroliers, pollution maritime, OMI, conventions internationales, FIPOL (fonds d'indemnisation), Petroleum, oil pollution from tankers, marine pollution, IMO, internationalconventions, FIPOL (compensation funds)