Universal Design for Learning- December 13, 2024 - www.alfred.edu December 13, 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
- Curriculum Associates Announces New Classroom Mathematics California Program - PR Newswire November 8, 2024
- Why Accessibility Will Be the Next Big Demand From K-12 Districts - Education Week November 7, 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
- (PDF) The Use of UDL in an Inclusive Classroom: A Review Based Study - ResearchGate October 22, 2024
- Education and AI
- In the News: Wendy Paterson Weighs in on Artificial Intelligence in Education - Buffalo State December 20, 2024
- UT Saw Huge Research Gains, Launched Education Initiatives During Its ‘Year of AI’ - University of Texas at Austin December 18, 2024
- Top 30 Artificial Intelligence Project Ideas in 2025 - Simplilearn December 18, 2024
- Top 24 Artificial Intelligence Applications for 2025 - Simplilearn December 18, 2024
- Samsung Expands Galaxy AI Pioneers Program to Train 4,000 UAE Students in Artificial Intelligence - https://www.techafricanews.com/ December 18, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence in Educational and Business Ecosystems: Convergent Perspectives on Agency, Ethics, and Transformation - Frontiers December 17, 2024
- Understanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) And Its Impacts In Education – OpEd - Eurasia Review December 16, 2024
- Conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Holocaust education, research and remembrance sector: Lord Pickles’ speech - GOV.UK December 16, 2024
- Social Media Policy
- As a media columnist, even I found myself turning away from the news in 2024. But we can do things differently - The Guardian December 21, 2024
- Photos: Milan players react to Verona win on social media – “Victory of character” - Sempre Milan December 21, 2024
- Digital warriors: Social media influencers, college students to help UP cops counter fake news - Hindustan Times December 21, 2024
- With new technology and social media, high-profile athletes like Jaylen Brown are more vulnerable than ever - The Boston Globe December 21, 2024
- Social Media Reacts To Keith Sweat's Dance Moves In Netherlands - The Shade Room December 21, 2024
- Psychologist weighs in on kids’ social media ban: ‘It’s about time’ - Fox News December 21, 2024
- Social Media War Is Now Over: It's Time For Tennessee, Ohio State To Put The Ball Down In CFP Battle - Outkick December 21, 2024
- Hartshorne chosen on social media to receive free pork lunches - Mcalester News Capital December 21, 2024
- Kwantlen
- Local business partnering with KPU to do several research projects in Cloverdale - Surrey Now Leader December 13, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Researchers focus on Surrey drug crisis with $339K award - Education News Canada December 11, 2024
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University - KPU alum's book on Taylor Swift's fashion becomes New York Times bestseller - Education News Canada December 3, 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
Tag Archives: academic writing
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
Transformative learning and student autonomy
No Contest co-founder Tierney Wisniewski has written a beautifully conceived and composed Master’s Thesis. Here’s the abstract. [I’ve added some paragraphing for ease of online reading, because abstracts by requirement are very, very fat.] Self-determination theory (SDT) is a well-established theory … Continue reading
No plagiarism foul
A super-smart student in my Advanced Professional Communications class asked me whether using an app that generates a citation for you in proper APA, MLA, Chicago style was plagiarism. My first thought was “I doubt it,” but in my line … Continue reading
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Writing in the Sciences
“The more that you take care with your writing, the more you might explore uncertainties in your thinking,” suggests Stanford University Environmental Earth System Science Professor Julie Kennedy in this excellent Writing Matters video. Kennedy helpfully stresses the primacy of … Continue reading
The ‘Fuzzy Logic’ Man
“He always took criticism as a compliment,” said Stuart Russell, a Berkeley professor who worked next door to Mr. Zadeh for many years. “It meant that people were considering what he had to say.”
Elitism in the classroom
Professor Mayhew’s recent take on the topic: Teaching is transactional. The instructor is not feeding information to the students, teaching them that information, but interacting with them. A third element is the text in the class. The text is not … Continue reading
Battle
In the New York Times obituary section recently I came upon one for Jacob Neusner, a scholar (and polemicist) who published more than 900 books in his lifetime. I calculated – on the back of a napkin, as it were – … Continue reading
More on Clichés …
From professor Jonathan Mayhew: One of Orwell’s sillier pieces of writing advice is “Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.” Orwell advises “scrapping of every word or idiom which … Continue reading
On Poetry
My friend Jonathan Mayhew has been on a tear of late, publishing a series of manifestos on poetry in his wonderful blog, Stupid Motivational Tricks. Some snippets (but read the whole thing): Manifesto (1) Nobody knows what poetry is for. … Continue reading
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Free textbooks and other resources for students and educators
Students who suffer under the burden of high tuition and large student loans need all the financial help the world can provide them. For my upper-level communications classes the last couple of years I have been using an excellent online … Continue reading
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