Universal Design for Learning- 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
- Why Accessibility Will Be the Next Big Demand From K-12 Districts - Education Week November 7, 2024
- Inclusive education: Get started by making small changes to your education practice | Teaching & Learning - UCL - University College London November 4, 2024
- Assistive Technology (AT): Many Possibilities to Consider - Good Morning Wilton November 3, 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
- How do we make more accessible learning content for children with disabilities? - UNICEF September 30, 2024
- Education and AI
- Wharton School Launches New Coursera Course On AI In Education - BusinessBecause November 22, 2024
- Universities Invest in High Performance Computing to Support AI Education - EdTech Magazine: Focus on K-12 November 21, 2024
- How do civil rights laws apply to AI in schools? - K-12 Dive November 21, 2024
- Artificial intelligence in UK financial services - 2024 - Bank of England November 21, 2024
- Artificial intelligence at Tulane will transform research, education - Tulane Hullabaloo November 21, 2024
- 24 Artificial Intelligence Applications in 2025 - Simplilearn November 20, 2024
- University Launches Master’s Degree for AI in Education - Education Week November 19, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence in Education Market Report - GlobeNewswire November 18, 2024
- Social Media Policy
- Wisconsin football alums stunned by Badgers after loss to Nebraska - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel November 24, 2024
- Sivakarthikeyan Talks Tamil Cinema Stardom at Goa Festival - Variety November 24, 2024
- Social Media Users Probably Won’t Read Beyond this Headline, Researchers Say - GANT News November 24, 2024
- Kalen DeBoer criticized on social media after Alabama’s blowout loss at Oklahoma - Saturday Down South November 24, 2024
- Highlights + Social Media Reactions From Oregon State's Upset Win Over WSU - BeaverBlitz November 24, 2024
- Vancouver police board vice-chair asked to resign after social media rant about 'Christian values' - Vancouver Sun November 24, 2024
- Australian Government Drops Bill on Social Media Misinformation - Yahoo! Voices November 24, 2024
- Australian Government Drops Bill on Social Media Misinformation - Bloomberg November 24, 2024
- Kwantlen
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - 'To honour and learn' from Indigenous communities: KPU launches archeological assessments of university land - Education News Canada November 21, 2024
- 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
- 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
Author Archives: Robert Basil
“Business Writing for Everyone”
My summer 2020 first-year students will be getting their textbook for free – Business Writing for Everyone, put together by my colleague Arley Cruther’s. It’s a wonderful resource that will make my teaching better without a doubt. Arley’s “Adaptation Statement” … Continue reading
Journalism needs a better metaphor
NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen writes that “exposure” is a “metaphor that increasingly misleads. I refer to the image of ‘exposure’ as a description of what the press does, should do, or isn’t doing well enough. To expose wrongdoing, incompetence, … Continue reading
A tonic
This is from a marvellous interview with Fran Lebowitz that’s in the New Yorker: I want to switch topics and ask you a bit about Toni Morrison. Everyone felt the loss of her, but largely as a literary icon or … Continue reading
Time for some PD
It has been awhile since I taught a digital marketing course at my university. It was such a fun class! My third-year students all helped one another (and me) keep abreast of new apps and innovations – literally on a … Continue reading
Learning hungry
Earlier posts here have discussed how many university students come to class hungry. My university’s student newspaper, The Runner, notes today that almost two out of five “post-secondary students experienced some degree of food insecurity in the past year.” I … Continue reading
More on Open Learning
These short and very well-written videos given by Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University‘s Associate Vice Provost of Open Education, and produced by Cobb House Studio vividly describe new ways to create a class. What are Open Educational Resources? What are Open Textbooks? … Continue reading
“Intimate supervision”: Surveillance on campus
This Washington Post report – holy crap: Short-range phone sensors and campuswide WiFi networks are empowering colleges across the United States to track hundreds of thousands of students more precisely than ever before. Dozens of schools now use such technology … Continue reading
“The Professional Culture of the Press”
NYU Journalism professor and media critic Jay Rosen* writes that “Not in personal but in public life, 2019 has been the most bleak and depressing year I have lived through of my 63. A few tiny green shoots in a … Continue reading