Universal Design for Learning
- Studio G Architects Celebrates Completion of Florence Roche Elementary School - Boston Real Estate Times January 9, 2025
- Explore how to apply Universal Design for Learning in the classroom - UM Today January 6, 2025
- Explore how to apply Universal Design for Learning in the classroom - UM Today January 6, 2025
- December 13, 2024 - www.alfred.edu December 13, 2024
- (PDF) Text-to-Speech Software and Reading Comprehension: The Impact for Students with Learning Disabilities - ResearchGate December 9, 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
- Why Accessibility Will Be the Next Big Demand From K-12 Districts - Education Week November 7, 2024
Education and AI
- Integrating Artificial Intelligence Tools into Education and the Workforce - PA Times January 10, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence & Learning: Surrey Schools hosting second AI information session on Feb. 4 - Surrey Schools January 10, 2025
- BT Connect To Discuss Artificial Intelligence In Education - Patch January 10, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence in education: California’s approach and community perspectives - West Side Index & Gustine Press-Standard January 10, 2025
- SUNY board approves civic discourse, artificial intelligence requirements - Newsday January 9, 2025
- International Day of Education 2025 global event in Paris - Artificial Intelligence and education: Preserving human agency in a world of automation - UNESCO January 9, 2025
- The effect of growing artificial intelligence usage on education - The Gateway Online January 9, 2025
- Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education for Improved Patient Care - Medical News Bulletin January 8, 2025
Social Media Policy
- Columbus ABC affiliate had some wild social media posts during Cotton Bowl - Awful Announcing January 11, 2025
- Sir Anthony Hopkins breaks social media silence over losing LA home - Geo News January 11, 2025
- US Supreme Court considers social media giant TikTok's fate - UCA News January 11, 2025
- Bruins’ Brad Marchand Continues To Jab Radio Host On Social Media - NESN January 11, 2025
- Tyreek Hill teases Steelers as potential landing spot on social media - Steelers Wire January 11, 2025
- The coming battle between social media and the state - Financial Times January 11, 2025
- Volcano Vista student sues APS, school administrators claiming First Amendment violation - KRQE News 13 January 11, 2025
- "Still Friends": Nigel Farage On His Equation With Elon Musk After Social Media Criticism - NDTV January 11, 2025
Kwantlen
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU streamlines program completion by translating prior learning, experience into credits - Education News Canada January 9, 2025
- Local business partnering with KPU to do several research projects in Cloverdale - Surrey Now Leader December 13, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU alum's book on Taylor Swift's fashion becomes New York Times bestseller - Education News Canada December 3, 2024
- Artist Mayuresh Ambekar hopes his new mural will motivate students to explore their potential at Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Pancouver November 27, 2024
- B.C. university pilots competency-based admissions program - University Affairs November 25, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Anthropology student researches human-bear conflicts in northern B.C. - Education News Canada November 19, 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
Author Archives: Robert Basil
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
Update
The Atlantic has fired Kevin Williamson. Odd, though, that the publisher cited workplace-environment concerns as the impetus rather than the “especially violent belief” itself: The top editor emphasized that Williamson’s firing was not a result of his being anti-abortion—a common … Continue reading
The New York Times – subscription cancelled
Very few times in my life have I not believed my eyes. And the news on these occasions was never good. This morning I had such an experience, reading a column in the New York Times by Bret Stephens, who … Continue reading
Mindfulness … and exasperation
As a Stanford University graduate I am a bit sickened to have read this: “Mindfulness begins with leadership,” said Dr. Leah Weiss, who teaches compassionate leadership at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. told CMO.com. “The best way to introduce mindfulness … Continue reading
Readiness
“Talent alone won’t make you a success,” noted Johnny Carson. “Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is, ‘Are you ready?’” This quote came to mind while watching … Continue reading
Don’t think with your fingers
Biographer Robert Caro’s books are marathon-long, though very much worth the time it takes to read them. His laceration of Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” is almost 1300 pages. In a wonderful interview published in The New York Review of … Continue reading
More on editing
In an early NoContest.CA post on editing, I described “the 9 C’s” I use when evaluating another writer’s work: completeness conciseness clarity convincingness currency correctness consistency congruency courtesy I added: Almost all writers need a second set of eyes to assess … Continue reading