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
- Indiana Ruthlessly Roasted After Notre Dame Loss - Outkick December 21, 2024
- WWE veteran questions Triple H for putting Saturday Night's Main Event cliffhanger on social media (Exclusive) - Sportskeeda December 21, 2024
- 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” - OneFootball - English December 21, 2024
- Digital warriors: Social media influencers, college students to help UP cops counter fake news - Hindustan Times December 21, 2024
- Sumter man Accused of ATM Theft Appears in Court After Viral Social Media Response - WACH.com 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
- 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
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From the great Bryan Garner: You can buy the new, 5th edition of Garner’s Modern English Usage here.
This can go a long way
This semester I asked a student of mine who’s in my university’s HR program whether human resources professionals needed to actually like people. (I wish I remember why I asked!) She told me nobody had ever asked her that question … Continue reading
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Looking for new colleagues
Kwantlen Polytechnic University is a vibrant and splendid place to work. My own department – Applied Communications (in the Melville School of Business) – is looking for two new instructors. We’re a good crowd. Apply here.
Silly professor
It is puzzling, perhaps, when the paper of record publishes a piece arguing that it’s a waste of money and time providing and receiving education in schools.
Stanford University’s “Writing Matters”
My former haunt, Stanford University’s Program in Writing and Rhetoric, has taken down its old Resources page. Happily, though, you can still find online its wonderful “Writing Matters” series, interviews with Stanford professors and students describing “writing’s connection with academic … Continue reading
Not included.
Sometimes you have to read a story two or three times to make sure you’re reading it right. As in: A PhD candidate is hoping the University of Alberta changes its practice on publishing theses after hers was rejected for spelling her [Urdu] … Continue reading
More on rigour
Over at the Teaching and Learning Commons, my colleague Jennifer Hardwick places the concept of rigour in the context of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) : The Oxford English Dictionary defines “rigour” as “the fact of being careful and paying great … Continue reading
Pedagogy
Rigour seems to mean two different practices: The thoroughgoing-ness of the curriculum (here rigour is expected of the professor in terms preparation *and delivery*) and the exactingness of assessment (where the onus is on the student, at the mercy of … Continue reading
Get smart
To welcome humbling moments is part of good mental hygiene. There is, at any rate, no way around these experiences when you teach social and digital media to university students. On that note: Here is another amazing Overdrive Interactive graphic; … Continue reading
The Melville School of Business
My academic neighbourhood at Kwantlen Polytechnic University has a new name, after philanthropists George and Sylvia Melville gifted $8 million to the school. I am so pleased, particularly with the initiatives this gift will fund. George Melville, cofounder of Boston … Continue reading