Universal Design for Learning- The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning December Workshops - UM Today November 19, 2024
- ASU Accessibility Awareness Day advocates for a more inclusive digital future - Arizona State University November 15, 2024
- Reducing Barriers to Learning with Universal Design for Learning - University of Nebraska–Lincoln November 13, 2024
- Inclusive education: Get started by making small changes to your education practice | Teaching & Learning - UCL - University College London November 4, 2024
- 10 Tips toward Accessibility - American Libraries November 1, 2024
- Annual seminar at Brindavan Education Trust on November 9 in Bengaluru - Deccan Herald November 1, 2024
- Dreamery Speaker Series: Sessions focus on inclusive learning and accessibility - Penn State University October 31, 2024
- Professional learning spotlight: OCDE to offer training on Universal Design for Learning - OCDE Newsroom September 26, 2024
- Education and AI
- Artificial intelligence at Tulane will transform research, education - Tulane Hullabaloo November 21, 2024
- University Launches Master’s Degree for AI in Education - Education Week November 19, 2024
- Exploring generative AI through the lens of science fiction: A framework for educational dialogue - eSchool News November 19, 2024
- Adjusting accelerators with help from machine learning - Phys.org November 18, 2024
- Developing a Canadian artificial intelligence medical curriculum using a Delphi study - Nature.com November 18, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence in Education Market Report - GlobeNewswire November 18, 2024
- Using artificial intelligence in education: decision tree learning results in secondary school students based on cold and hot executive functions - Nature.com November 18, 2024
- Application of Artificial Intelligence to Education in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Guardian November 18, 2024
- Social Media Policy
- Australia plans social media ban for under 16s - Financial Times November 21, 2024
- Social Media detoxing (from a former iPad kid) - The Flor-Ala November 21, 2024
- Social media influencer faces murder charges after crash leaves 83-year-old woman dead - WKRC TV Cincinnati November 21, 2024
- Franklin High School partners with TikTok to encourage healthy social media boundaries - KOIN.com November 21, 2024
- Live news: Bitcoin extends rise as chipmakers muted after Nvidia results - Financial Times November 21, 2024
- LeBron James says he is taking break from social media over ‘negative takes’ - Sportstar November 21, 2024
- LeBron James Steps Away from Social Media - Devdiscourse November 21, 2024
- LeBron James says he’s taking a social media break over ‘negative takes’ - The Guardian November 21, 2024
- Kwantlen
- Kwantlen University student newspaper threatened with shutdown - MSN November 20, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Anthropology student researches human-bear conflicts in northern B.C. - Education News Canada November 19, 2024
- KPU graduate showcases collection at Vancouver Fashion Week - Richmond News November 17, 2024
- KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Researchers explore memory failure across the lifespan - Education News Canada November 13, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU students expand Traditional Chinese Medicine education in Beijing - Education News Canada October 30, 2024
- B.C. Election: What the results across Metro Vancouver tell us about the 2024 vote - Vancouver Sun October 21, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU community honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal - Education News Canada October 17, 2024
- 'Security threat' near KPU's Langley campus - Langley Advance Times October 15, 2024
Monthly Archives: March 2013
To thank or not to thank on Twitter?
Nick Bilton’s suggestion that e-mail thank-yous are a time waster has sparked debate on whether or not it’s appropriate to thank people in digital communications. Some have gone so far to suggest that this new social ethic of efficiency is creating … Continue reading
“Scholarly Writing and How to Get It Done”
That’s the subtitle of my favourite blog on academic writing, “Stupid Motivational Tricks,” authored (primarily) by Jonathan Mayhew, a Professor of Spanish at the University of Kansas, who is a friend of mine and has been since our days in … Continue reading
Getting in a communication state of mind: 3 tips
Over the past few days, I’ve come across three great articles about mentally setting the stage for successful communications. Heidi Grant Halvorson’s “The 2 Epiphanies That Made Me a Better Negotiator” points out that viewing negotiation as a challenge rather … Continue reading
CMO.com: A very useful resource
Last week I gave a presentation to the Vancouver chapter of Construction Specifications Canada. It was called “Twitter? LinkedIn? How to Use Social Media Professionally.” The room was filled with architects, engineers, landscapers, contractors, and one or two marketers: an … Continue reading
Stopping the Page from Being Blank
In the mid-1990s, shortly after I moved to Vancouver, I got a job doing Investor Relations for a public company drafting news releases, presentations, brochures, and the like. I would put drafts of these items together and present them to … Continue reading
Ethics of Persuasion: The Reciprocity Rule
I was walking down Granville Street the other day on my way to London Drugs when I spotted two Chinese monks ahead of me speaking to passersby. Ordinarily cautious of sidewalk solicitors, I let one of them engage me precisely … Continue reading
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On National Grammar Day: A love letter to language
It’s fitting that I should write this post on National Grammar Day. Choosing and arranging the right words with the right endings in the right order with the right punctuation isn’t even close to the most interesting thing I could … Continue reading