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
- (PDF) Universal Design for Learning for Children with ADHD - researchgate.net April 15, 2025
- New from ACRL - “Instructional Design for Teaching Information Literacy Online: A Student-Centered Approach” - American Library Association April 15, 2025
- Use AI and the metaverse to keep your students engaged online - Times Higher Education April 7, 2025
- UConn Waterbury’s Neurovariability Initiative: Where Cognitive Strengths Fuel Learning for All - UConn Today April 2, 2025
Education and AI
- From supercomputers to surgical tools: Florida's colleges embrace AI to meet demand - The Business Journals June 20, 2025
- 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
- UTEP Launches Master’s in Education with Artificial Intelligence Focus - The University of Texas at El Paso June 11, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence in Education: Risks, Opportunities and What’s Next - Yahoo June 11, 2025
- AI in schools and colleges: what you need to know - GOV.UK blogs June 10, 2025
Social Media Policy
- That Mexican OT: Social Media Reacts To His Use Of Racial Slur - The Shade Room June 20, 2025
- Andrew Cuomo aide and Eric Adams trade social media blows as NYC mayoral campaign heats up - New York Post June 20, 2025
- International students push back on social media screening rules - cbs19.tv June 20, 2025
- Iran’s supreme leader mocked mercilessly after bizarre social media posts resurface - New York Post June 20, 2025
- Jannik Sinner sends message to fans on social media after his surprise second round defeat to Alexander Bublik in Halle - The Tennis Gazette June 20, 2025
- Social Media Vetting Rules Will Dictate Visa Interview Restart - Bloomberg Law News June 20, 2025
- Donald Trump Claims MAGA ‘Hates Fox News’ In Social Media Rant - okmagazine.com June 20, 2025
- It's clear that Kim Cattrall should guest star on Hacks after posting about seeing Jean Smart on Broadway - Lainey Gossip June 20, 2025
Kwantlen
- North Delta resident honoured with KPU alumni award - Surrey Now-Leader June 20, 2025
- 'Role model' Surrey man with Plan Your Space earns KPU young alumni award - Peace Arch News June 18, 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
- KPU appoints new president and vice-chancellor - Surrey Now-Leader June 5, 2025
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Job-seekers need their “weaker ties”
This is a really interesting study that fortifies an important intuition: A team of researchers from Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and LinkedIn recently conducted the largest experimental study to date on the impact of digital job sites on the labor market … Continue reading
How to write a lede
From the Irish Times: Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to … Continue reading
Silly professor
It is puzzling, perhaps, when the paper of record publishes a piece arguing that it’s a waste of money and time providing and receiving education in schools.
Hootsuite blog
Hootsuite, Vancouver’s vaunted social media management company, has helpfully updated the design of its already excellent blog. There are fewer listicles and more how-to cheat sheets (a favourite genre of mine, as my students know). A couple of days ago … Continue reading
The scale of a work
Our friend Jonathan Mayhew, on finding the right size (for a book): I like saying that [my upcoming book on Lorca and music] is a medium sized book on a vast subject. So it is with scholarship. You are rarely … Continue reading
Talisman
The Paper Hound is “a new, used, and rare book store” on Pender Street in downtown Vancouver. “We don’t specialize in one particular kind of book, but we favour the classic, curious, odd, beautiful, visually arresting, scholarly, bizarre, and whimsical.” … Continue reading
Good timing
University of Washington professor Kate Starbird and several of her colleagues just published “Repeat Spreaders & Election Delegitimization,” featuring an analysis of their 2020 Election Misinformation dataset, “including 307 false, misleading, exaggerated and/or unsubstantiated claims that sowed doubt in [the … Continue reading
Stanford University’s “Writing Matters”
My former haunt, Stanford University’s Program in Writing and Rhetoric, has taken down its old Resources page. Happily, though, you can still find online its wonderful “Writing Matters” series, interviews with Stanford professors and students describing “writing’s connection with academic … Continue reading
What could go wrong?
No Contest friend Chester Wisniewski provides the clearest précis I’ve read regarding the extravagant promises made on behalf of “decentralized blockchains,” in The Gospel of Crypto: A Solution in Search of a Problem. It’s concise, illuminating, and persuasive.
Prime Yourself
There needs to be two of you: you and “you prime.” The latter is an heuristic entity brought into being by you for the purpose of protecting and orienting you. Your “you prime” makes the hard decisions – saying no to … Continue reading