Universal Design for Learning- CAST Brings UDL Leaders in Inclusive Education to Washington, DC for UDL-Con: International 2025 - Newswire :) Press Release Distribution May 12, 2025
- Florence Roche Elementary School Incorporates Universal Design for Learning, Reflects Local Landscape - School Construction News May 8, 2025
- TILT Summer Conference to focus on engaging students through Universal Design for Learning - Colorado State University April 29, 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.net April 15, 2025
- Six Faculty Members Receive 2025 Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation - University of South Carolina April 15, 2025
- New from ACRL - “Instructional Design for Teaching Information Literacy Online: A Student-Centered Approach” - American Library Association April 15, 2025
- Education and AI
- How artificial intelligence is transforming education in 2025 - London Daily News June 19, 2025
- Local nonprofit brings artificial intelligence education to elementary students - WTOL June 18, 2025
- AI classrooms: The future of education - telefonica.com June 18, 2025
- The best-case scenario for AI in schools - BBC June 17, 2025
- Five must-have AI tools for students - The Hindu June 15, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence in Education: Risks, Opportunities and What’s Next - Yahoo June 11, 2025
- What Can Higher Education Gain from Artificial Intelligence? - Public Policy Institute of California June 10, 2025
- AI in schools and colleges: what you need to know - GOV.UK blogs June 10, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Trial reveals flaws in tech intended to enforce Australian social media ban for under-16s - The Guardian June 19, 2025
- Student visas resume in US with new social media requirements - newscentermaine.com June 19, 2025
- Dodge County dog death prompts arrest after social media attention - WISN June 19, 2025
- Fight misinformation with IDV for tiered anonymity on social media, paper argues - Biometric Update June 19, 2025
- Coco Gauff joins calls for clampdown on social media abuse: ‘It’s the worst you can get’ - MSN June 19, 2025
- Cocky fugitive's social media challenge to sheriff backfires in spectacular fashion - AOL.com June 19, 2025
- President Trump Delays US TikTok Ban for Another 90 Days - Social Media Today June 19, 2025
- World’s smartest man professes Christian faith on social media - Catholic World Report June 19, 2025
- Kwantlen
- 'Role model' Surrey man with Plan Your Space earns KPU young alumni award - Peace Arch News June 18, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU honours Hong Yan Melody Pan with 2025 Alumni Excellence Award - Education News Canada June 16, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Indigenous lawyer honoured with Distinguished Alumni Award from KPU - Education News Canada June 12, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - '30-under-30' innovator to receive Outstanding Young Alumni Award - Education News Canada June 12, 2025
- Visual artist Brandon Gabriel designs paddles to represent five KPU campuses - Pancouver June 10, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - New Indigenous artworks to be unveiled at KPU convocation ceremonies - Education News Canada June 10, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Dr. Bruce Choy appointed next KPU President and Vice-Chancellor - Education News Canada June 6, 2025
- Out and About: Kwantlen Farmers Market offers friendly, outdoor shopping - richmond-news.com June 2, 2025
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Almost time to go
Kwantlen Polytechnic University has been at or near the centre of my life for more than two decades. We’ll keep the newsfeed here up into my retirement years, though.
Bryan Garner’s “Tip of the Day”
You really must subscribe. Today’s was delightfully humbling: racket; racquet. For the implement used in net games, racket is standard in American English and British English alike. The variant racquet appears in some proper names (e.g., the Palm Springs Racquet Club) seemingly because the “fancy” … Continue reading
Welcome them in.
In a piece for The Conversation Canada, my Kwantlen Polytechnic University colleague Jeffrey Meyers writes about Jason Stanley and Timothy Snyder, two eminent American scholars who fled Yale University and the United States, taking positions at the University of Toronto, … Continue reading
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
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.