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
- Q&A: How Data Intelligence Drives Student Success at Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education - EdTech Magazine: Focus on K-12 November 18, 2024
- Social Media Policy
- Smartphone-free campaigner welcomes possible social media ban for children - Yahoo News UK November 23, 2024
- Social Media Reacts to Michigan State's Close Win vs. Purdue - Sports Illustrated November 23, 2024
- Why 2.5 Million Users Are Leaving 'X' for Bluesky – Shocking Social Media Shift - Bizz Buzz November 23, 2024
- Social media reaction to Nebraska basketball dominating No. 14 Creighton - 247Sports November 23, 2024
- Dark, twisted tale of social media fame - KeysNews.com November 23, 2024
- ‘Control’: Musk’s chilling warning to Aussies - news.com.au November 23, 2024
- Social media reacts to Arkansas' 79-67 win over Little Rock - Rivals.com - Arkansas November 23, 2024
- Texas Representative Jared Patterson discusses new social media bill, Speaker's race - MSN November 23, 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
Talia Lavin’s cri de coeur
I admire the writing of Talia Lavin. Her beautifully written Substack blog, “The Sword and the Sandwich,” always charms me. This week she published “Fuck You and Your Word-Stealing Machine: A Luddite stands against AI language models and their plunder.” … Continue reading
Threads and news reporting
In part as a consequence of the Israel-Hamas war, more journalists are posting news and analysis on Meta’s Threads platform. From QZ’s Ananya Bhattacharya: Since its inception, Threads has decided to steer clear of handling hard news—and the Israel-Hamas war … Continue reading
AI and the future of music copyright
Rick Beato’s recent interview with Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA focused as much on AI technology as on the creation of ABBA’s songs and records. The co-writer of “Waterloo,” “SOS,” and “Dancing Queen” was mostly sanguine – indeed, enthusiastic – about … Continue reading
Google Bard
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First out of the gate
A reader from south of the border forwarded along this interesting report from the Kramer Levin law firm describing “China’s groundbreaking regulations to vet AI”: China put these measures in place “[i]n order to promote the healthy development and standardized … Continue reading
Ethan Mollick on Using Artificial Intelligence in Student Writing
I have added Ethan Mollick’s substack blog, “One Useful Thing,” to our Resources list (above). A professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Mollick writes that he’s “trying to understand what our new AI-haunted era means for … Continue reading
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Newspaper names: a charming taxonomy
We are fans of Jay Rosen here at No Contest.
Twitter alternatives
This is a clear picture from The Evening Standard. I think that, looking back, Twitter will be regarded as an unnecessary calamity rather than as a necessary community.