Universal Design for Learning- UCD Launches World-First Guidelines for Universal Design for Learning in Nursing Practice Placements - University College Dublin September 3, 2025
- Centering the Learning & Well-Being of All Children - Learning for Justice September 2, 2025
- Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Supports Inclusive Education - Learning for Justice September 2, 2025
- Stop placing the onus on neurodivergent students to ‘fit in’ - Times Higher Education August 14, 2025
- Building self-competence in health education | UDaily - University of Delaware August 12, 2025
- (PDF) The Use of UDL in an Inclusive Classroom: A Review Based Study - researchgate.net August 8, 2025
- (PDF) Developing Teachers’ Competences for Designing Inclusive Learning Experiences - researchgate.net August 7, 2025
- (PDF) Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the Needs of All Students - researchgate.net August 7, 2025
- Education and AI
- Revealed: The new subjects your children could soon be learning at school - Newstalk ZB September 10, 2025
- We’re Entering a New Phase of AI in Schools. How Are States Responding? - Education Week September 10, 2025
- GASTECH Trump prioritising end to Ukraine war over Russia LNG sanctions, US energy secretary says - Reuters September 10, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence for K-12 teachers: IIT-Madras expands SWAYAM AI courses for educators - The Indian Express September 10, 2025
- Empowering Minds: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Education Curricula - Business Standard September 10, 2025
- U.S. Secretary of Education highlights AI in classrooms during visit to Austin private school - KVUE September 9, 2025
- McMahon, Morath visit Austin school using artificial intelligence - KXAN Austin September 9, 2025
- Alpha School showcases expedited student learning through artificial intelligence alongside state, federal leaders - Community Impact September 9, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Social Media Is a Mix of Sympathy and Blame - The New York Times September 11, 2025
- Charlie Kirk, Close Trump Ally, Is Shot Dead at University in Utah: Live Updates - The New York Times September 11, 2025
- Charlie Kirk: Trump ally shot dead at campus event in Utah - BBC September 11, 2025
- From DMs to Drugs: How social media fuels teen addiction - FOX 26 Houston September 11, 2025
- Videos of Charlie Kirk’s Shooting Spread Rapidly on Social Media - The New York Times September 10, 2025
- Live updates: Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk fatally shot at Utah college event - PBS September 10, 2025
- Oregon, Washington leaders condemn violence after Charlie Kirk’s killing - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB September 10, 2025
- AI Disclosure and Trust Define Social Media in 2025 - Digital Information World September 10, 2025
- Kwantlen
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU officially launches its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan - Education News Canada September 3, 2025
- VIDEO: Ford fans at KPU in Langley today - Aldergrove Star September 1, 2025
- 'Wake-up call': Decline of international students forces layoffs, program suspensions at B.C. schools - Times Colonist September 1, 2025
- B.C. college layoffs put student success at risk, faculty warn | News - Daily Hive Vancouver August 29, 2025
- Letters to The Sun: Slashing our college and universities cannot come at a worse time - Vancouver Sun August 29, 2025
- Donation big help to program - Langley Advance Times August 29, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - More layoffs at Kwantlen Polytechnic University as international enrollment plummets - Education News Canada August 29, 2025
- KPU set to lay off more staff as international student enrolment plunges - Yahoo News Canada August 28, 2025
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Designing for Accessibility
Karwai Pun’s posters on ‘designing for accessibility’ are very insightful and helpful. Writes Pun: We’ve shared these posters across [the UK] government for feedback and they can be found on GitHub. We are constantly improving and adding to them so please let us … Continue reading
Good scholarly habits
My dear friend Tierney Wisniewski, this website’s cofounder and coeditor, has started up a new blog devoted to her scholarly work and how she gets it done. I love her inaugural piece, “Good Scholarly Habits.” Tierney writes with great clarity and … Continue reading
Editing and Gender
The New York Times obituary of famed film editor Anne V. Coates is very charming. Ms. Coates vowed to find a way to make a career in cinema. She would need to overcome not only her family’s resistance but also … Continue reading
Peers
Clarissa has a couple of words: In a way, the censorship in US academia is worse than the Soviet kind. The Soviet censors were mostly dumb, uneducated people, and it wasn’t all that hard to pull wool over their eyes … Continue reading
Update
The Atlantic has fired Kevin Williamson. Odd, though, that the publisher cited workplace-environment concerns as the impetus rather than the “especially violent belief” itself: The top editor emphasized that Williamson’s firing was not a result of his being anti-abortion—a common … Continue reading
The New York Times – subscription cancelled
Very few times in my life have I not believed my eyes. And the news on these occasions was never good. This morning I had such an experience, reading a column in the New York Times by Bret Stephens, who … Continue reading
Mindfulness … and exasperation
As a Stanford University graduate I am a bit sickened to have read this: “Mindfulness begins with leadership,” said Dr. Leah Weiss, who teaches compassionate leadership at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. told CMO.com. “The best way to introduce mindfulness … Continue reading
Readiness
“Talent alone won’t make you a success,” noted Johnny Carson. “Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is, ‘Are you ready?’” This quote came to mind while watching … Continue reading
Don’t think with your fingers
Biographer Robert Caro’s books are marathon-long, though very much worth the time it takes to read them. His laceration of Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” is almost 1300 pages. In a wonderful interview published in The New York Review of … Continue reading
More on editing
In an early NoContest.CA post on editing, I described “the 9 C’s” I use when evaluating another writer’s work: completeness conciseness clarity convincingness currency correctness consistency congruency courtesy I added: Almost all writers need a second set of eyes to assess … Continue reading