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
- Professional learning spotlight: OCDE to offer training on Universal Design for Learning - OCDE Newsroom September 26, 2024
- Education and AI
- Everyday AI: Artificial intelligence in education - CSIRO November 24, 2024
- 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
- 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
- University Launches Master’s Degree for AI in Education - Education Week November 19, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence in Education Market Report - GlobeNewswire November 18, 2024
- Application of Artificial Intelligence to Education in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Guardian November 18, 2024
- Social Media Policy
- Why is social media abuzz over Kraft's gluten-free mac & cheese? The mac mix-up explained. - USA TODAY November 25, 2024
- Adolescents with self-harming behavior found to react more strongly to images of self-harm on social media - Medical Xpress November 25, 2024
- U.S. Track Star Sha'Carri Richardson Stuns With Swimsuit Photo - The Spun November 25, 2024
- Angel Reese gets dinner invitations after social media post - Marca English November 25, 2024
- Blueface Unveils Striking New Face Tattoos from Behind Bars in Viral Video - BET November 25, 2024
- Australia government abandons legislation requiring social media companies to regulate misinformation - JURIST November 25, 2024
- The real reason LeBron James quit social media is revealed and his son Bronny has a hand in it - Marca English November 25, 2024
- 5 Simple Ways to Cut Back on Social Media - PCMag UK November 25, 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. student unions struggle with transparency, prompting calls for legal reform - The Langara Voice November 6, 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
Vantransient
Tweets from folks using the Lower Mainland’s mass transit system, retweeted for *you* by the creators of No Contest.
Simplicity is Beautiful
I take the train from Vancouver to Olympia, and then back again, all the time. (The love of my life lives south of the border.) Olympia’s Centennial Station is staffed by (usually) elderly volunteers who love trains and who love helping … Continue reading
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Bringing Children in
From an excellent article in Mediate.com called “Best Interests and Little Voices: Child Participation in the Family Mediation Dialogue” by Jennifer Winestone: Children were historically excluded from post-separation decision-making, because of the assumption that children lacked the “legal and psychological … Continue reading
Audience Analysis
This mash-up of recent country music hits demonstrates aesthetic ossification. Via Language Log.
Communicate for Free
I had always found eHarmony Inc.‘s advertisements vaguely disconcerting: too optimistic about romance, and too confident about its vaunted heuristic (the “Relationship Questionnaire”!). An advertisement currently in frequent rotation on television promises viewers that “You can start communicating for free today” – … Continue reading
Ginormous
Bryan Garner, lawyer and English language usage scholar, on one of my favourite words: A portmanteau is a type of luggage with two separate sections. A portmanteau word is formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words. Linguists … Continue reading
Independent Creativity: Making Yourself Successful
The wonderful Molly Crabapple explains what she has learned, in fifteen paragraphs. Here are a half dozen: Companies are not loyal to you. Please never believe a company has your back. They are amoral by design and will discard you at a … Continue reading
#MRKT3311
Students in my “Marketing in the Digital World” class at KPU are educating one another and myself via numerous social-media platforms. Here’s the class twitter feed for your edification, too. It’s very lively, intelligent, and in tune. Photo by Miles Basil
“Bucks for Clicks” journalism
I like Virginia Postrel‘s take on the recent controversy over at Forbes.com. A popular author, Bill Frezza, published a controversial column on that website – advising university fraternities to beware of female students who show up at their parties drunk … Continue reading