Universal Design for Learning- December 13, 2024 - www.alfred.edu December 13, 2024
- ASU Accessibility Awareness Day advocates for a more inclusive digital future - Arizona State University November 15, 2024
- Multi-Tiered System of Supports - CA.gov November 13, 2024
- Curriculum Associates Announces New Classroom Mathematics California Program - PR Newswire November 8, 2024
- Why Accessibility Will Be the Next Big Demand From K-12 Districts - Education Week November 7, 2024
- 10 Tips toward Accessibility - American Libraries November 1, 2024
- Dreamery Speaker Series: Sessions focus on inclusive learning and accessibility - Penn State University October 31, 2024
- (PDF) The Use of UDL in an Inclusive Classroom: A Review Based Study - ResearchGate October 22, 2024
- Education and AI
- In the News: Wendy Paterson Weighs in on Artificial Intelligence in Education - Buffalo State December 20, 2024
- UT Saw Huge Research Gains, Launched Education Initiatives During Its ‘Year of AI’ - University of Texas at Austin December 18, 2024
- Top 24 Artificial Intelligence Applications for 2025 - Simplilearn December 18, 2024
- Top 30 Artificial Intelligence Project Ideas in 2025 - Simplilearn December 18, 2024
- Samsung Expands Galaxy AI Pioneers Program to Train 4,000 UAE Students in Artificial Intelligence - https://www.techafricanews.com/ December 18, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence in Educational and Business Ecosystems: Convergent Perspectives on Agency, Ethics, and Transformation - Frontiers December 17, 2024
- Understanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) And Its Impacts In Education – OpEd - Eurasia Review December 16, 2024
- Conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Holocaust education, research and remembrance sector: Lord Pickles’ speech - GOV.UK December 16, 2024
- Social Media Policy
- Who is Taleb al-Abdulmohsen? A look at Germany Christmas market attack suspect's radical views and social media activity - Hindustan Times December 21, 2024
- Bluesky Must Differentiate Itself From Other Social Media Platforms to Survive, Experts Warn - SUCCESS Magazine December 21, 2024
- Influencers Are Here To Stay—Now It's Time To Modernize Labor Laws - Reason December 21, 2024
- Extremists Exploit Social Media Loopholes to Target Children, Experts Warn - Sri Lanka Guardian December 21, 2024
- Social media influencers to be part of UP Police's 'Digital Warriors' initiative to counter fake news - Deccan Herald December 21, 2024
- La La Anthony Playfully Takes A Dig At YouTuber Funny Marco On Social Media, Quashes Dating Rumors - The Times of India December 21, 2024
- Opinion: Social-media fundraising is the trendy model of altruism. But is it better than giving to traditional charities? - The Globe and Mail December 21, 2024
- As a media columnist, even I found myself turning away from the news in 2024. But we can do things differently - The Guardian December 21, 2024
- Kwantlen
- Local business partnering with KPU to do several research projects in Cloverdale - Surrey Now Leader December 13, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Researchers focus on Surrey drug crisis with $339K award - Education News Canada December 11, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU alum's book on Taylor Swift's fashion becomes New York Times bestseller - Education News Canada December 3, 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
- 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
Author Archives: Robert Basil
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
Prime marketing space!
“The Inukshuk is my friend.” The Invictus Games are coming to Vancouver and Whistler in February. It will be the first time winter sports events will be featured “in addition to the core Invictus Games sports of indoor rowing, sitting … Continue reading
Election Day in B.C.
And it’s an “atmospheric river” event in Vancouver. Timing!
Is Kwantlen Student Association trying to kill student newspaper?
Seems bad. I trust these machinations, no matter who is behind them, will not be successful. My life is already too full of dismay (thank you very much). The editor of The Runner, the student newspaper, is interviewed here. Many … Continue reading
Raw Milk
Let’s not. The marvellous Talia Lavin discusses “the collapse of consensus reality.” I love how Lavin lets loose her scorn. Increased raw milk consumption has already led to a rise in foodborne illness—including stillbirths, miscarriages and deaths, albeit in very … Continue reading
“Storying Universal Design for Learning”
My Kwantlen Polytechnic University colleague Seanna Takacs, PhD, has coauthored “Storying Universal Design for Learning” (with coauathors Lilach Marom, Alex Vanderveen, and the late Arley Cruthers Mcneney). It is a terrific book that “compiles post-secondary student voices on accessible teaching … Continue reading
Preparing ourselves for November
Dr. Kate Starbird and her colleagues at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) have launched a Substack newsletter devoted to tracking rumours and misinformation concerning the upcoming United States Presidential election. This newsletter is part of the … Continue reading