Universal Design for Learning- Birds’ Eye View: Administrators Perspective on the State of Higher Education - UConn Events Calendar April 10, 2025
- (PDF) Universal Design for Learning Booklet (সার্বজনীন শিখন-শেখানো কৌশল: সহায়ক পুস্তিকা) - ResearchGate April 7, 2025
- Use AI and the metaverse to keep your students engaged online - Times Higher Education April 7, 2025
- How to integrate essential Universal Design for Learning principles - TrainingZone April 4, 2025
- 2025 AMS OER and UDL Champions - UBC Faculty of Forestry April 4, 2025
- UConn Waterbury’s Neurovariability Initiative: Where Cognitive Strengths Fuel Learning for All - UConn Today April 2, 2025
- CAST Opens Nominations for 2nd Annual UDL Awards to Celebrate Inclusive Education Excellence - Newswire :) Press Release Distribution April 1, 2025
- Collaboration Is Key to Successful UDL Implementation - Language Magazine March 21, 2025
- Education and AI
- Artificial intelligence in education - Features - Al-Ahram Weekly - Ahram Online April 12, 2025
- Trump education secretary embarrassingly out of touch on artificial intelligence - MSNBC News April 12, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Future Revolution Technology - Daily Sundial April 10, 2025
- WATCH: Ed Sec Calls Artificial Intelligence ‘A1’ Like the Steak Sauce - The Daily Beast April 10, 2025
- US Secretary of Education gets it wrong, refers to artificial intelligence acronym "AI" as "A1" - Telegrafi April 10, 2025
- Balancing Innovation and Ethics in AI-Powered Educational Ecosystem - موقع مسبار April 10, 2025
- Top 30 Artificial Intelligence Project Ideas in 2025 - Simplilearn.com April 9, 2025
- The analysis of optimization in music aesthetic education under artificial intelligence - Nature April 4, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Who is the 'Chinese Trump' going viral on social media and why the internet is loving him so much! - Times of India April 13, 2025
- Rory vs Bryson final Sunday pairing at the Masters and the internet explodes: Social media reactions and memes - Diario AS April 13, 2025
- How is social media influencing your spending habits? - The Independent April 13, 2025
- Will Screening Immigrants’ Social Media History Cure Antisemitism? - Bloomberg April 13, 2025
- Bhuvan Bam’s new look leaves internet blown away; social media reacts, ’Jawline se tarbooz kaat lo’ - Mint April 13, 2025
- Clearance Holders Beware: That Social Media Post or YouTube Video Might Need Pre-Publication Review - Security Clearance Jobs April 13, 2025
- TJ Watt's cryptic social media post ignites trade rumors as Steelers fail to reward stars like Myles Garrett - MotorcycleSports April 13, 2025
- Video: Did Trump Manipulate the Stock Market? - The New York Times April 13, 2025
- Kwantlen
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - From crochet to murals: KPU fine arts students host graduation exhibition - Education News Canada April 8, 2025
- Langley university students look east to create special beer - The Abbotsford News April 1, 2025
- KPU receives funds for academic upgrading and language skills - Peace Arch News March 29, 2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University researcher granted $540K for LED lighting research on greenhouse strawberries - Greenhouse Canada March 27, 2025
- Provincial government blamed for layoffs at B.C. post-secondaries - CBC March 27, 2025
- B.C. universities, colleges in crisis after widespread faculty layoffs - CityNews Vancouver March 26, 2025
- Lower Mainland university helping students find housing - The Williams Lake Tribune March 22, 2025
- How students and universities are dealing with a drastic reduction in international student permits - CBC March 19, 2025
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Addendum, alas …
Amtrak’s X/Twitter feeds have been less witty the last couple of days, as 70 train cars have been taken out of service “for vehicle corrosion.” These include all but one of the cars on the Amtrak Cascades line, and no … 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
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!