Universal Design for Learning- Edge Hill secures major funding to explore world class inclusive education project - InYourArea May 2, 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
- 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
- UConn Waterbury’s Neurovariability Initiative: Where Cognitive Strengths Fuel Learning for All - UConn Today April 2, 2025
- How to integrate essential Universal Design for Learning principles - TrainingZone April 1, 2025
- Education and AI
- How to navigate the future of AI in education and education in AI - EY May 2, 2025
- President Trump Issues Executive Order to Support AI Education and Workforce Development - NatLawReview.com May 1, 2025
- Nevada education officials outline vision for ethical use of artificial intelligence in schools - Las Vegas Sun May 1, 2025
- Conversations with AI: Education - AI News May 1, 2025
- 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
- Social Media Policy
- Best of social media: LIV Golf Korea - LIV Golf May 2, 2025
- Vividink appoints Bethany Smith as Head of Social Media - Event Industry News May 2, 2025
- Fraser Valley Virtual Reveals Top Social Media Content Ideas to Boost Realtor Engagement - openPR.com May 2, 2025
- Utah Hockey Club officials quiet on Mammoth nickname after social media leak - USA Today May 2, 2025
- CIA uses social media, seeks to recruit Chinese agents for espionage activities - myind.net May 2, 2025
- Influencer Misha Agrawal’s suicide: How not to let social media consume us - The Indian Express May 2, 2025
- My Word: What connects kinocide, genocide, and social media - The Jerusalem Post May 2, 2025
- Fake paneer or false alarm? The perils of social media food tests - Times of India May 2, 2025
- Kwantlen
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU opens doors to 'plant some seeds' and inspire Indigenous youth - Education News Canada May 2, 2025
- VIDEO: KPU annual garden sale extended - Aldergrove Star May 1, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU researchers develop test to help protect salmon against disease - Education News Canada May 1, 2025
- 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 UK April 18, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU launches new exchange program to welcome students from Tunisia - Education News Canada April 16, 2025
- Public hearing set to begin for veteran VPD officer accused of sexual harassment - Yahoo News Canada April 9, 2025
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Doing the reading …
Although I am sure there *are* professors who have estimated how long it will take their students to complete their assigned tasks – written assignments, presentations, homework activities, project research, and textbook reading – I doubt I know any who … Continue reading
Peruse this …
I recently finished a pretty good book, The Lexicographer’s Dilemma: The Evolution of ‘Proper’ English from Shakespeare to South Park, by Rutgers Professor Jack Lynch. It provides a helpful history of the English language dictionary (other European languages had dictionaries long before … Continue reading
Oh, British Columbia … You are consuming your seed corn
My province’s teachers have lost a big battle. From the Vancouver Sun just now: VANCOUVER – The provincial government has scored a major victory in court, with the appeal court Thursday overturning a judgment that would have restored class size … Continue reading
Yik Yak and Meerkat
When Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for USA president at Liberty University yesterday, many students in the audience used the Smartphone app Yik Yak to mock the junior senator from Texas (and to complain that they were coerced to attend the event … Continue reading
Marketing in the Digital World: Student Blogs
Posts and up-to-the-minute news from my Kwantlen Polytechnic University digital-marketing class. The learning in this course is truly crowd-sourced.
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Funny sign
Glover Road, Langley, BC, near Kwantlen Polytechnic University. (cross-posted at basil.CA)
The unending report card
In a development that would have stricken terror in me in my elementary-school days, a Langley, BC school district is employing a new software platform that allows parents to monitor their children’s work – and grades – on a daily … Continue reading
Vantransient
Tweets from folks using the Lower Mainland’s mass transit system, retweeted for *you* by the creators of No Contest.
Simplicity is Beautiful
I take the train from Vancouver to Olympia, and then back again, all the time. (The love of my life lives south of the border.) Olympia’s Centennial Station is staffed by (usually) elderly volunteers who love trains and who love helping … Continue reading