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
- Education and the Consequences of Artificial Intelligence - Eagle News November 25, 2024
- 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
- Social Media Policy
- TikTok Shares Holiday Marketing Tips - Social Media Today November 25, 2024
- Northeastern data scientist used social media and AI to detect PTSD symptoms in COVID-19 survivors - Northeastern University November 25, 2024
- Campaign seeks to make Thanksgiving ‘Greatest Day on Social Media’ - The Packer November 25, 2024
- Instagram Adds New Stickers, Location Sharing in DMs - Social Media Today November 25, 2024
- YouTube Launches 2024 Music Recap - Social Media Today November 25, 2024
- Hemostemix Announces ACP-01 Treatment-Purchase Available with Social Media Campaign Underway - Yahoo Finance November 25, 2024
- Singer Khalid confirms his sexuality after being ‘outed’ on social media - TheGrio November 25, 2024
- Baxter Health receives Diamond Award for Excellence in Social Media - Areawide News 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
- BC cannabis nursery and university collaborate on cannabis barcoding project - StratCann October 18, 2024
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Accent-removal class
Notes Mark Liberman at Language Log: “In a better world, the speakers of the ‘standard’ variety would take a prejudice elimination class instead.”
The Work of Molly Crabapple
Molly Crabapple‘s only peer as an illustrator / artist / journalist is the great Joe Sacco. The tone of their work is very different, though. Whereas Sacco’s reporting is dispassionate and ironic, Crabapple’s is emotional and argumentative. Sacco’s art – black … Continue reading
“No Fireworks on the Fourth of July?”
Virginia Postrel‘s book The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress, published in 1999, has long been one of my favourite libertarian works: smart, funny, level-headed (that is, not dogmatic). Her more recent work has focused on … Continue reading
Where are the women in the high-tech industry?
Vivek Wadhwa crowd-funded the publication of his new book, Innovating Women: The Changing Face of Technology (cowritten with Farai Chedey). He also “crowd-created” it with the help of more than 500 women who contributed research and writing. In this podcast with … Continue reading
Acting Together
For its first two and a half years I was the “knowledge dissemination adviser” for the Acting Together research project. Based at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and funded by a federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research grant, the project’s goal was … Continue reading
Really good, free online technical communications text
A couple years ago Dave McMurrey’s online technical-writing textbook vanished from the Internet – not sure why. But *it is back*, and I suggest you bookmark it. A wonderful resource.
When judging others is necessary
I teach my students that, by and large, the purpose of social and workplace communications is to “foster and maintain relationships” (and “to not screw up”). Blogger realsocialskills (Twitter handle: @rsocialskills) notes that this rule does *not* carry the day … Continue reading
Copyright protections trump oil pipeline
Cantech News explains an Alberta land-owner’s ingenious use of copyright law: Alberta artist Peter van Tiesenhausen has provided an interesting legal precedent in his long-running battle with oil companies seeking to run a pipeline through his 800 acre territory. He … Continue reading
“The Franklin Effect”
Benjamin Franklin wrote his autobiography, “Enemies who do you one favor will want to do more.” He illustrated the maxim with a story: A political adversary had been lambasting Franklin in public speeches. Franklin knew that this person was very proud … Continue reading
Damned, lying lawyers
On Twitter recently I noted that, oddly enough, no word rhymes with doggerel. My friend Jonathan Mayhew tweeted back, “pettifogger hell, though it would rime with doggerel only in doggerel.” I had never even heard the word “pettifogger” before, so … Continue reading