University Canada West- UNIVERSITY CANADA WEST UCW takes second place at 2026 National MBA Games - Education News Canada February 10, 2026
- 181 Conestoga College employees laid off ahead of the holidays - CBC December 18, 2025
- B.C. allocates one-third of international undergraduate seats to private institutions. Here's why that matters - Vancouver Sun November 14, 2025
- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - Business in Vancouver November 13, 2025
- Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims - The Tyee November 3, 2025
- University Canada West - UCW Professor Dr. Jafar Heydari Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists - Education News Canada September 23, 2025
- University Canada West - Dr. Stacie Chappell joins UCW as Dean, School of Management and Business - Education News Canada September 2, 2025
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - Vancouver Sun August 22, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Undersheriff Warns of Puppy Scam on Social Media Market Place - Sheridan Media February 27, 2026
- Truth Social parent explores spinning off social media platform - 1470 & 100.3 WMBD February 27, 2026
- Trump Media considers spinning off Truth Social into public company - The Detroit News February 27, 2026
- Sheriff’s office warns of scam involving rental homes on social media - WHIO TV February 27, 2026
- The Social Media Trap - The Business of Fashion February 27, 2026
- Man faces charges in Carteret and Pamlico counties tied to remodeling, custom orders - WCTI February 27, 2026
- #CreditHacks: How social media and AI fuel auto finance fraud in 2026 - Automotive News February 27, 2026
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus is starring in a new show with Cecily Strong on Apple that looks promising - LaineyGossip February 27, 2026
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Grad School is tough enough already
The Republican House of Representatives’ tax plan would transform “tough enough” into *impossible* for tens of thousands of graduate students who receive fellowships that allow them to study “for free.” (Of course these students also usually teach as well, and … Continue reading
Transformative learning and student autonomy
No Contest co-founder Tierney Wisniewski has written a beautifully conceived and composed Master’s Thesis. Here’s the abstract. [I’ve added some paragraphing for ease of online reading, because abstracts by requirement are very, very fat.] Self-determination theory (SDT) is a well-established theory … Continue reading
No plagiarism foul
A super-smart student in my Advanced Professional Communications class asked me whether using an app that generates a citation for you in proper APA, MLA, Chicago style was plagiarism. My first thought was “I doubt it,” but in my line … Continue reading
Posted in Robert's posts
Tagged academic writing, apps, for educators, for students, research, tools
Leave a comment
Writing in the Sciences
“The more that you take care with your writing, the more you might explore uncertainties in your thinking,” suggests Stanford University Environmental Earth System Science Professor Julie Kennedy in this excellent Writing Matters video. Kennedy helpfully stresses the primacy of … Continue reading
Having a strong accent can work in your favour …
… writes MIT cognitive science professor Edward Gibson in Aeon: Suppose you are at a cocktail party, and your conversation partner – someone with power in your field – wants to know your view about a potentially scandalous issue at your … Continue reading
Mistakes you should avoid as a business using social media
The always smart Kaylynn Chong at Hootsuite has these six good reminders: Don’t over-hashtag. “Too many hashtags can make you look spammy or desperate if you’re using ones that aren’t relevant to your post. Even if you gain followers, it’s … Continue reading
The ‘Fuzzy Logic’ Man
“He always took criticism as a compliment,” said Stuart Russell, a Berkeley professor who worked next door to Mr. Zadeh for many years. “It meant that people were considering what he had to say.”
Should a President Be Allowed to Block You on Twitter?
Jacob Sollum from Reason Magazine’s Hit & Run Blog has a good piece on the topic this morning. It will surprise no one familiar with Donald Trump’s attitude toward criticism that people who make negative comments about him on Twitter … Continue reading
The Bad Mess at Evergreen
The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington has earned its renown as an experimental – indeed avant-garde – institution; its ‘progressive’ bona-fides have been warranted as well. Back in the day, I explored the possibility of taking a faculty position in … Continue reading
Professions
V. told me that when someone [at a meeting to program literary events] proposed a poetry reading by cops who write poetry, another person said, “Yeah, and let’s have a night for poets who beat people up.” – Reginald Gibbons, … Continue reading