Universal Design for Learning
- CAST Brings UDL Leaders in Inclusive Education to Washington, DC for UDL-Con: International 2025 - Newswire.com 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
- Announcing the 2025 Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation Winners - University of South Carolina April 15, 2025
Education and AI
- IIT-Madras, Emeritus launch certification programme in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - The Indian Express May 15, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence Improves Writing Skills for Brazilian Students - ICTworks May 15, 2025
- Scientists are developing machine learning tools for improving particle accelerator operations - Phys.org May 14, 2025
- Survey: AI Optimism Is Rising, but Cheating and Privacy Concerns Persist - THE Journal: Technological Horizons in Education May 14, 2025
- AI in education: How to use AI to transform learning - Times of India May 14, 2025
- The analysis of artificial intelligence knowledge graphs for online music learning platform under deep learning - Nature May 12, 2025
- Future of AI: Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Life - stl.news May 12, 2025
- AI’s impact on society, education & responsibility - meer.com May 10, 2025
Social Media Policy
- Social media challenge prompts concern over Chromebook safety in schools - WBFF May 15, 2025
- Michael Jordan’s insane $115 million yacht has social media buzzing - Athlon Sports May 15, 2025
- Colts Issue Public Apology to Tyreek Hill for ‘Insensitive’ Social Media Post - Athlon Sports May 15, 2025
- Obsessed stalker threatened to kidnap social media influencer who he followed to Bali - The Independent May 15, 2025
- Trump Toadying To Hannity Has Social Media Cringing: 'This Is Revolting' - Yahoo News Canada May 15, 2025
- The 2025 NFL schedule is out: See all 32 team announcements on social media - Austin American-Statesman May 15, 2025
- 'We're perfect the way we are,' students talk social media, self-image - WYSO May 15, 2025
- Study: heavy social media use makes falling for fake news more likely - WSJM May 15, 2025
Kwantlen
- 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 Polytechnic University - From B.C. to Britain: KPU fashion grads gain direct access to UK degree - Education News Canada May 7, 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
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU researchers develop test to help protect salmon against disease - Education News Canada May 1, 2025
- VIDEO: KPU annual garden sale extended - Langley Advance Times May 1, 2025
Category Archives: Robert’s posts
New $ for Visual Artists?
The United States Copyright Office has recommended to the U.S. Congress that it reconsider its copyright laws so that visual artists can benefit from the resale of their work. Visual artists typically do not share in the long-term financial success … Continue reading
Again I agree with Clarissa, one of my favourite bloggers: It is shocking that this completely idiotic piece on LinkedIn [“All Linked Up with Nowhere to Go,” by Amy Friedman] has been declared one of the best pieces of business journalism in 2013. … Continue reading
“Undermining Infrastructure at the Core”
Our friends at Sophos have issued their Security Threat Report 2014. The entire report is necessary, sometimes grim reading. Here are two “trends to watch”: Attacks on corporate and personal data in the cloud: As businesses increasingly rely on various cloud services for … Continue reading
A Generation of Mentors
It’s hard for me to re-read KPMG‘s October report “BC Junior Mining at a Crossroads,” commissioned by the BC Securities Commission, without feeling not just loss but what will be lost. The report’s findings echo the lamentations of my friends … Continue reading
Vancouver’s Commonweal
In North America it is Canada’s decided, tenacious commonweal that sets it apart. We look after one another more often than not, and less out of zeal than out of habit and good sense. A city’s public library is a testament … Continue reading
You talk just fine?
When teaching oral communications to my students, I don’t feel comfortable critiquing those who speak in “uptalk,” that habit of ending sentences with a rising inflection so that declarative sentences sometimes seem to sound like questions. To me that would … Continue reading
“More bad writing” …
… presented courtesy of our friend Jonathan Mayhew’s superb blog, Stupid Motivational Tricks: Scholarly Writing and How to Get It Done.” It is a lovely post that ends with this poignant sentence: “There are more objectionable sentences here that I … Continue reading
Changing Norms
Reuben Fischer-Baum of Jezebel has made a wonderfully entertaining GIF that presents six decades of the most popular names for girls, “state by state.” He writes: Baby naming generally follows a consistent cycle: A name springs up in some region … Continue reading
The copyright robots
There is a wonderful story on NPR this morning, “Record Company Picks Fight – With the Wrong Guy,” about Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, who was threatened by an Australian record label called Liberation Music with a copyright-infringement lawsuit after he posted … Continue reading
Mediation and Mindfulness
We chose to name this initiative No Contest Communications to highlight our vision of the collaborative workplace, where feedback is gratefully welcomed and usefully shared. Communication and imagination shouldn’t be contests. Conflict is inevitable, though, of course. When people within … Continue reading