Idea 32 for 2025 I wanted to discuss a new white paper written by British tech philosopher Dr Tom Chatfield. It examines how AI can support educators and students and potentially deepen the process of higher learning in a variety of ways. As a postsecondary educator myself, I found Chatfield’s exploration of cognitive, instrumental, and importantly social dimensions of learning and his navigation of research and strategies to design and implement assessments through applying

Idea 31 for 2025 A few weeks ago, I listened to a podcast recorded in September on the future of higher education with the rapid ascent of generative AI. Published as part of The Globe & Mail's Machines Like Us podcast series, it featured a conversation moderated by Taylor Owen. Created by Gemini by Google. October 31 2025. It featured Conor Grennan, the chief AI architect at NYU’s Stern School of Business, where he’s helping students and educators embrace AI, and Niall Ferg

Idea 30 for 2025 As a writer and creator, I am a member of Access Copyright and joined dozens to attend an online webinar a few weeks ago featuring the lawyer Erin Finlay, Partner, Stohn Hay Cafazzo, LLP. Finlay, perhaps in true lawyerly fashion, presented her comments as information and not legal advice and stressed that they were accurate as of the day of the presentation, October 1, 2025. After the session we were presented a webinar summary in pdf format, and I have, with

Idea 29 for 2025 Earlier in the summer, I took the plunge and signed up for the Association of Fundraising Professionals TOgather one-day...

Idea 28 for 2025   A few weeks ago, I spoke at the NAAAP Leadership Convention. Like all other speakers, I received a copy of Hali Lee’s...

Idea 27 for 2025 A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon this fascinatingly eerie BBC's Tech Now, Is this how AI might eliminate humanity?...

Idea 26 for 2025 I recently spoke at the @NAAAP conference on " The Strategic Leader as Host : Building Connection  and Collaboration  in...

Idea 25 for 2025 I have returned from a conference that I attended in Kansas City, Missouri, a city that I visited for first time. I...

Idea 24 for 2025   This quote comes from futurist and CEO Lindsey McInerney in her TedTalk, The Return to the Humanities in the Age of...

Idea 23 for 2025     It’s a confusing time. In my last post , I discussed research about how computer programmers are at risk of job...

Idea 22 for 2025 Earlier this year, in February, visiting friends for dinner, an undergraduate computer science student told me in...

A few weeks ago, I saw Julie Delpy’s satirical and intriguing film Les Barbares (Meet the Barbarians).   The word “barbarian,”...

About two weeks ago, I listened to a livestream of a fascinating talk featuring Geoffrey Hinton, recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize of...

I had registered to attend Harvard Business Review Press ' presentation of a webinar of Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury , a Harvard Business...

To me, and for many, language is tied to culture, a learned and shared symbolic meaning system through we think and communicate.   With...

As a long-standing educator, I am very accustomed to giving feedback, although I admit that I have limited insights into how constructive...

I am reflecting on stumbling upon the “Allspice” exhibition at  @theacropolismuseum . Created by contemporary artist Michael Rakowitz, it...

My Idea 15 for 2025 is in the form of an article published in  The Conversation Canada . It's my first!  The article is about #AI, ...

I’ve just returned from an international study tour where I led a group of students to explore and experience various archaeological and...

Last week, I had the pleasure of hearing Dr Ruby Lal speak on the “Vagabond Princess,” Gulbadan Begum, a late 16th century Mughal...