Connectivism and Artificial Intelligence in Education
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Connectivism and Artificial Intelligence in Education
Edited transcript of recording by Google Audio Recorder. Slides and audio available here. There will be audio and video of the presentation available for you later. Oh, this is the…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Krugman examines the regressiveness and cruelty of the Republicans' planned budget which imposes massive costs on those who already have the least…
Legal News Post of the Day: May 20, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump Has His Law Firms Right Where He Wants Them #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/HLzX6oHqtr - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
My latest: Netanyahu is not Israel
Is Benjamin Netanyahu Israel? Is Israel Benjamin Netanyahu? If you spend a few weeks there, talking to Israelis, the answer is pretty clear: no. To many Israelis, their Prime Minister…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of May 20, 2025
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Finally, A Modicum Of Integrity
The images of the carnage in Gaza are hard to look at. Innocent men, women and children maimed and dead are scenes only the deeply depraved could welcome. And the…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 20, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 20, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Magistrate judge is breathing fire over law firm’s dragon logo on legal pleadingsSeparatist…
Just Keep On Truckin’
I started assembling a post tonight about all the ways that America is sliding into a lawless authoritarian pit, but I couldn't finish it -- because yes, we know that…
Happy Victoria Day & a Few Odds and Ends
Happy Victoria Day! The health of the Canadian Monarchy has had its ups and downs since this blog began. On this blog's 11th anniversary it is nice to see the…
Party fealty—a public curse
The federal Conservatives’ fealty to Pierre Poilievre is puzzling to some. The man never caught... The post Party fealty—a public curse first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Today’s other tonic: “ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics?”
Today's other tonic: "ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics? "In removing Nate Erskine-Smith from cabinet, the prime minister might have complicated Bonnie Crombie’s hold on the…
Today’s other tonic: “ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics?”
Today's other tonic: "ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics? "In removing Nate Erskine-Smith from cabinet, the prime minister might have complicated Bonnie Crombie’s hold on the…
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision”
Today's tonic (and similar posts, where I highlight important articles published elsewhere) is back. "Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision," by Irwin Cotler and Sir Bill Browder.…
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision”
Today's tonic (and similar posts, where I highlight important articles published elsewhere) is back. "Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision," by Irwin Cotler and Sir Bill Browder.…
Just a bunch of random stuff – hockey downs and ups; Carney learns us some economics; fun with mis-pronouncing words; Pope Leo disses the Vances; Biden’s awful diagnosis; and the Battle Hymn Updated
OK, I think I can safely say now that we are finished with winter -- it's planting season for the flower pots, too. So for now, here's just a random…
Danielle Smith’s ‘New North American Initiative’ sounds a lot like War Room 3.0
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sounded as if she were almost cackling with glee at a news conference Friday morning where she announced the creation of a “New North American Initiative”…
Finding a new purpose for the NDP
The NDP—and the Canadian left more generally—seems to be at a loss for purpose in a political landscape that is suddenly oriented around threats from our southern neighbour. Photo courtesy…
Where does the Canadian left go from here?
Former NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on the campaign trail in Victoria. Photo courtesy Jagmeet Singh/X. Another election has come and gone, and Canadians have ended up with more or less…
45 years ago today
Forty-five years ago today, Ian Curtis took his life. I was in Calgary, and getting ready to start at Carleton and later – I figured – a journalism degree. In…