Supercharge Your Studies: Exploring Large Language Models as Your Personal Learning Ally

Forthcoming short training offered to the Institute of Banking Studies of Cambodia - August 21, 2025

Prof. Murat Yildizoglu University of Bordeaux. Bordeaux School of Economics (UMR CNRS-INRAE 6060).

Institute of Banking Studies - Cambodia

The Institute of Banking Studies (IBS) is a specialized educational institution focused on developing skilled professionals for Cambodia's banking and financial sectors. Established to meet the growing demand for expertise in the rapidly evolving Cambodian economy, the institute offers certifications, training and bachelor's programs, and workshops in areas such as banking operations, risk management, financial analysis, and regulatory compliance.

The aim of this small (3 hours) presentation

Explore and demonstrate the capabilities and implications of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their potential to significantly impact the learning processes of students.

It emphasizes practical applications (through prompt examples and live demonstration), and ethical considerations.

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You don't need to study like this anymore!


Imagine having a personal tutor available 24/7 who never gets tired of your questions, or a brainstorming partner who can help you see problems from new angles, or even a ’practice dummy’ for future exams.

That’s what we can explore with Large Language Models, or LLMs!

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(Video generated by NotebookLM)

Outline of the presentation

  1. Welcome to Your AI-Powered Learning Toolkit
  2. What are LLMs? Your AI Learning Ally in Action!
    • AI-Tutor: Your Personal Tutor
    • AI-Coach: Sharpening Your Thinking and Judgment
    • AI-Mentor: Leveling Up Your Research and Writing
    • AI-Teammate: Your Brainstorming Buddy
    • AI-Tool, AI-Simulator, and AI-Student
  3. A platform dedicated to learning: NotebookLM by Google
  4. Using Your AI Ally Wisely and Safely
  5. Your Turn to Explore

An audio summary of the presentation (Prepared by NotebookLM)

A small quiz

Support documents and complements (some available only after the workshop)

➤ A private document containing all prompts used during the demonstration and their outputs is available for the members of the IBS.

➤ Another private document containing the slides of the presentation.

➤ A prompting checklist for IBS students

➤ Another private document containing the mind-map of the presentation (prepared by NotebookLM).

➤ Claude's prompt library

➤ AI Fluency course by Anthropic

➤ A potpourri of interesting pages on IA

Deep dive

I created a more advanced course on this topic for the Master's program in Economic and Financial Engineering at the University of Bordeaux. You can consult it on this webpage.

Outline of the Master's course

  1. Chapter 1: An introduction to the principles of LLMs
  2. Chapter 2: Presentation of the main LLMs
  3. Principles of prompts and prompt engineering
    • Chapter 3: Talking to LLms: A prompting primer
    • Chapter 4: Prompting strategies and approaches with applications
  4. Applications in learning, research, and business
    • Chapter 5: Learning with LLMs
    • Chapter 6: AI Agents: Transforming Economics and Beyond
    • Chapter 7: Applications in Economics and Finance