Universal Design for Learning
- The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning June Workshops - UM Today News May 16, 2025
- 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
- (PDF) Applying UDL to Blended Learning: A Case Study of The Latin American Literature Course - ResearchGate April 28, 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 April 15, 2025
Education and AI
- IIM Sambalpur launches UG programmes in Public Policy and Artificial Intelligence - The Indian Express May 20, 2025
- Annual FGCU coding camp brings computer language, artificial intelligence education to students - WGCU May 19, 2025
- IITM Pravartak launches certification programme in Applied AI and Machine Learning - The Indian Express May 19, 2025
- Some advisors rage against the machine learning - financial-planning.com May 16, 2025
- Artificial intelligence and the future of education | Daily Sabah - Daily Sabah May 16, 2025
- Teacher suddenly quits after giving strong warning to parents on what's ruining children's education - UNILAD May 16, 2025
- Guideline to regulate use of artificial intelligence in schools - China Daily May 16, 2025
- Pragmatic AI in education and its role in mathematics learning and teaching - Nature May 11, 2025
Social Media Policy
- Europe’s effort to block kids from social media gathers pace - politico.eu May 20, 2025
- WhatsApp Underlines Commitment to Privacy in New Ad Campaign - Social Media Today May 20, 2025
- Melania warns about AI and social media at 'Take It Down' signing - MSN May 20, 2025
- Texas bill pushes strictest social media ban for minors in the nation - Fox News May 20, 2025
- Bluesky Adds Support for Third Party Live Stream Indicators - Social Media Today May 20, 2025
- Redding Police addresses community concerns over video on social media of arrest involving off-duty officer - Action News Now May 20, 2025
- Taylor Swift Breaks Silence on Social Media - Men's Journal May 20, 2025
- Social Media Star Nas Daily Receives Honorary Doctorate from Ben-Gurion University - Boulder Jewish News May 20, 2025
Kwantlen
- KPU receives funding to support internationally educated nurses - Cloverdale Reporter May 18, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU offers internationally-educated nurses tuition-free course to prepare for job market - Education News Canada May 13, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - 'Humbled and honoured': Lee Beavington wins B.C. teaching award - Education News Canada May 8, 2025
- Kwantlen Farmers’ Market opens for the Summer - bcitnews.com May 6, 2025
- Yale scholars’ move to Canada can prompt us to reflect on the rule of law - The Conversation May 4, 2025
- 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 - Langley Advance Times May 1, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU researchers develop test to help protect salmon against disease - Education News Canada May 1, 2025
Category Archives: Robert’s posts
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.
Feedback
When interviewing candidates for teaching positions at my university, I often ask them how they provide and receive feedback in the workplace, to get a quick, vivid picture of their character and initiative. When you give clear and useful feedback … Continue reading