Universal Design for Learning
- Edge Hill secures major research funding to explore world-class inclusive education project - Educate magazine April 29, 2025
- Universal Design For Learning Workshop - UNL | Events April 23, 2025
- CoSN 2025: Universal Design for Learning Applies to Tech, Too - GovTech April 21, 2025
- The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning May Workshops - UM Today News April 16, 2025
- (PDF) Universal Design for Learning for Children with ADHD - ResearchGate April 15, 2025
- Announcing the 2025 Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation Winners - University of South Carolina April 15, 2025
- Use AI and the metaverse to keep your students engaged online - Times Higher Education April 7, 2025
- 2025 AMS OER and UDL Champions - UBC Faculty of Forestry April 3, 2025
Education and AI
- State pilot program exploring use of Artificial Intelligence in education - WTNH.com April 29, 2025
- Executive Order Issued Calling for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth - Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo April 28, 2025
- Workshop on Legal Aspects of the Use of Artificial Intelligence Held in Bishkek - UNESCO April 28, 2025
- AI in education: Balancing promises and pitfalls - AI News April 28, 2025
- Trump admin. seeks to improve American education through Artificial Intelligence - Christian Post April 25, 2025
- Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth (Trump EO Tracker) - JD Supra April 25, 2025
- Is Agentic AI Coming to K-12 Education? - Education Week April 25, 2025
- Trump Wants Teachers Trained How to Use AI. Will It Work? - Education Week April 24, 2025
Social Media Policy
- Memphis Grizzlies Star Ja Morant's Cryptic Social Media Post Goes Viral - Sports Illustrated April 30, 2025
- Social media influencer raises nearly $100K for homeless man after donating his last dollar - CBS News April 30, 2025
- Social media reacts to Bucks getting eliminated: ‘That’s gotta be the drunkest finish ever’ - HoopsHype April 30, 2025
- Celebrity Social Media Round-Up for April 29, 2025 including B.J. Novak dating TikTok actress Delaney Rowe - Lainey Gossip April 30, 2025
- LinkedIn Enables Users to Add Secondary Names for ID Verification - Social Media Today April 30, 2025
- Heineken campaign imagines an influencer crisis in a world without social media followers - Campaign Brief NZ April 30, 2025
- Waukesha County residents highlight growing impact of social media shopping scams - TMJ4 News April 30, 2025
- SCAD Savannah responds after antisemitic party invite seen on social media - 11Alive.com April 30, 2025
Kwantlen
- KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY KPU festival celebrates South Asian arts and culture - Education News Canada April 24, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU's Wilson School of Design ranked among world's top design institutions - Education News Canada April 22, 2025
- B.C. post-secondary institutions deal with loss of revenue amid cuts to international student permits - Yahoo News Canada April 17, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU launches new exchange program to welcome students from Tunisia - Education News Canada April 16, 2025
- Free talks, event at Richmond Seniors Expo this Wednesday - Richmond News April 7, 2025
- Langley university students look east to create special beer - Aldergrove Star April 1, 2025
- Langley university students look east to create special beer - The Abbotsford News April 1, 2025
- Langley university students look east to create special beer - Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News April 1, 2025
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Pope Francis
“When people ask for a blessing, an exhaustive moral analysis should not be placed as a precondition for conferring it. For those seeking a blessing should not be required to have prior moral perfection.” “A little bit of mercy makes the … Continue reading
Addendum, alas …
Amtrak’s X/Twitter feeds have been less witty the last couple of days, as 70 train cars have been taken out of service “for vehicle corrosion.” These include all but one of the cars on the Amtrak Cascades line, and no … Continue reading
Amtrak’s social-media marketing
My favourite way to travel is by train, so I follow all of Amtrak’s accounts. They are very witty: When Southwest Airlines announced they were charging for bags, Amtrak posted on X, “Guess we’re the only ones doing free baggage now.” … Continue reading
Fake friends
In his article “Enshittification, artificial intelligence, and the privatization of public education,” Dr. Chris Samuel warns that artificial intelligent’s infiltration into education (AIED) will likely mimic the same depressing “enshittification” users saw in platforms like Facebook, Google, and X/Twitter. First, … Continue reading
Happy Public Domain Day!
From The Public Domain Review: Another year dawns… and another bevy of works dust off their copyright and emerge fresh-faced, full of hope, into the elysian plains of the public domain! On this year’s Public Domain Day (which falls each January … Continue reading
Pernicious Balance
Scholarly journals hide everything from people who can’t afford to read them. Large language models steal everything from people who can’t afford to lose anything.
Retirement
Reposted from basil.CA: 2025 Next year, at summer’s end, I will be retiring from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. I will remain open to other contract opportunities elsewhere after that, but this will be it for me as a full-time prof. The … Continue reading
“AI-powered bias meter”
Watching owners of once-great American newspapers destroy their own property has been truly shocking to me.
Feedback
When interviewing candidates for teaching positions at my university, I often ask them how they provide and receive feedback in the workplace, to get a quick, vivid picture of their character and initiative. When you give clear and useful feedback … Continue reading
Prime marketing space!
“The Inukshuk is my friend.” The Invictus Games are coming to Vancouver and Whistler in February. It will be the first time winter sports events will be featured “in addition to the core Invictus Games sports of indoor rowing, sitting … Continue reading