Universal Design for Learning- ASU Accessibility Awareness Day advocates for a more inclusive digital future - Arizona State University (ASU) 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
- 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
- Sabrena Deal shapes inclusive learning and design at Grady - Grady College September 25, 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 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
- Application of Artificial Intelligence to Education in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Guardian November 18, 2024
- SUU Professor Receives Grant to Develop Machine Learning Certificate - Southern Utah University November 11, 2024
- Social Media Policy
- Noblesville Schools closed Tuesday following social media threat against East Middle School - WTHR November 26, 2024
- Social media sites call for Australia to delay its ban on children younger than 16 - Mississippi Valley Publishing November 26, 2024
- Social media sites call for Australia to delay its ban on children younger than 16 - Lufkin Daily News November 26, 2024
- Google, Meta request Australia to delay bill banning social media for children under 16 - Seeking Alpha November 26, 2024
- WhatsApp is the next social media to go down in Pakistan – can you still contact relatives? - Tom's Guide November 26, 2024
- Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children - Reuters November 26, 2024
- U.S. Fast Fashion Market Role of Social Media and Influencers - openPR November 26, 2024
- Italian-born mom and cook, 73, dazzles social media with homemade meals: 'This is my kitchen' - Fox News November 26, 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
- BC cannabis nursery and university collaborate on cannabis barcoding project - StratCann October 18, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU community honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal - Education News Canada October 17, 2024
Category Archives: Robert’s posts
The copyright robots
There is a wonderful story on NPR this morning, “Record Company Picks Fight – With the Wrong Guy,” about Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, who was threatened by an Australian record label called Liberation Music with a copyright-infringement lawsuit after he posted … Continue reading
Mediation and Mindfulness
We chose to name this initiative No Contest Communications to highlight our vision of the collaborative workplace, where feedback is gratefully welcomed and usefully shared. Communication and imagination shouldn’t be contests. Conflict is inevitable, though, of course. When people within … Continue reading
Dogma versus Rules of Thumb
Language Log is an always stimulating group blog on language and linguistics, with posts that range from earworms and usage advice to research tools and sociolinguistics. The comments sections are as illuminating as the posts themselves. A recent post called … Continue reading
Revision : Heterovision
I tell students and clients they shouldn’t take feedback on their work as personal critiques. “You are not the words on the paper on which your reports are printed.” This seems like a straight-forward point, but even seasoned editors tend to forget … Continue reading
“The Canadian Style”
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is the nation’s official publisher and our largest translation organization. It also publishes a wonderful online style guide and a collection of writing and editing tools that will handily assist students and teachers, authors … Continue reading
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Making your own career rules
Radhika Nagpal, a computer science professor at Harvard, has written a wonderful piece called “The Awesomest 7 Year Post-Doc or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Tenure Track Faculty Life.” It’s about maintaining good emotional hygiene in the academic environment. … Continue reading
A couple of final notes on mentoring
My posts below summarize and respond to the superb presentation given by Erin Dick at the International Association of Business Communicators World Conference in Manhattan last month. To be honest, I had intended on *missing* this presentation, believing there was little for me … Continue reading
Mentorship without Friendship
The relationship between a mentor and a mentee need not be a friendly one. During the discussion portion of Erin Dick’s IABC presentation on mentorship, I stood up and briefly described my own experience being mentored, as a writer and … Continue reading
5 Myths about Mentorship
In her IABC presentation Erin Dyck described four myths regarding mentorship: Mentorship is top-down. One’s placement in an organizational hierarchy does not, in fact, determine the kind of wisdom and experience one can give another colleague. Mentors should be from … Continue reading
Notes on Mentorship, I
Erin Dick gave a superb talk, and then led an illuminating discussion, on the topic of “mentorship” today, the last day of the IABC’s world conference. Inspired by the speaker and my discussion attendees, I will be posting on this topic … Continue reading