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
- How to Become an AI Engineer: Skills, & Salary [2025] - Simplilearn 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
- OpenAI launches free AI training course for teachers - Reuters November 20, 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
- Social Media Policy
- Arkansas football defeats Louisiana Tech 35-14, social media reacts - Razorbackers November 24, 2024
- Stephen A. Smith Says LeBron Left Social Media Because Bronny Doesn't Belong in the NBA - Athlon Sports November 24, 2024
- Elon Musk's Social Media Onslaught Targets Federal Employees - Benzinga November 24, 2024
- Alabama Coach Kalen DeBoer Savagely Roasted After Embarrassing Loss - Outkick November 24, 2024
- Blues Post On Social Media After Hiring Ex-Bruin Jim Montgomery - NESN November 24, 2024
- Social media has a lot of thoughts on Georgia football playing in SEC Championship game - DawgNation November 24, 2024
- Social Media Users Are Not Happy About Sing-Alongs During The ‘Wicked’ Movie - Forbes November 24, 2024
- Chipper Jones, Danny Kanell trade barbs over Florida, FSU in social media feud - Saturday Down South 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
Saudi Students and “Veblen Goods”
I’ve had a number of superb students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University from that country. This is awful news. From Inside Higher Ed this morning: Saudi Arabian students in Canada are caught in diplomatic crossfire. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education is … Continue reading
Over and over is the way it is
Colossal’s feature on Tracey J Lee‘s narrative gifs, “Vanishing Thoughts Explored,” is beguiling. (The above gif is called “In that Briefest Moment.”)
Protecting yourself from the CRA phone scams
Just last week I received a voicemail from someone pretending to be a Canada Revenue Agency official. This person told me that liens were going to be placed on my bank accounts because I hadn’t “paid penalties for tax evasion.” … Continue reading
Editors are there for you.
This note appears in Seymour Hersh’s Reporter: A Memoir. The last seven words are utterly splendid. Here is a congenial interview with Hersh by Christian Lorentzen.
Love deserves …
In a marvellous Tukwila, Washington used bookstore the other week I picked up a copy of Yvor Winters’ Uncollected Essays and Reviews for $2.99. I am glad I did because it sure was worth it. I would have been happy … Continue reading
News Literacy 2018
Jay Rosen’s NYU School of Journalism’s News Literacy Project is an amazing service to all of us. The links and their analyses give us environmental scans and some helpful dives. As advertising revenue continues to decline, newsrooms are aggressively developing different … Continue reading
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Designing for Accessibility
Karwai Pun’s posters on ‘designing for accessibility’ are very insightful and helpful. Writes Pun: We’ve shared these posters across [the UK] government for feedback and they can be found on GitHub. We are constantly improving and adding to them so please let us … Continue reading
Good scholarly habits
My dear friend Tierney Wisniewski, this website’s cofounder and coeditor, has started up a new blog devoted to her scholarly work and how she gets it done. I love her inaugural piece, “Good Scholarly Habits.” Tierney writes with great clarity and … Continue reading
Editing and Gender
The New York Times obituary of famed film editor Anne V. Coates is very charming. Ms. Coates vowed to find a way to make a career in cinema. She would need to overcome not only her family’s resistance but also … Continue reading
Peers
Clarissa has a couple of words: In a way, the censorship in US academia is worse than the Soviet kind. The Soviet censors were mostly dumb, uneducated people, and it wasn’t all that hard to pull wool over their eyes … Continue reading