Preparing for Fall Teaching – Five Steps to Designing a Physically Distanced/Hybrid/Remote Course

August 4, 2020

PrawfsBlawg (By Jessica Erickson) — Professor Erickson (Richmond Law) presents the latest post in her series on online teaching.

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Advice for faculty on connecting with students online

July 20, 2020

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — In remote teaching, it’s easy to forget that students are real people. Here’s why connecting early and often with them is vital, and how to do it.

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Syracuse Law professor Arlene S. Kanter provides guidance on disability rights and teaching amid the pandemic

July 10, 2020

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION – Until an effective vaccine is widely available, it is impossible for any college to be completely safe from Covid-19. Yet many institutions are planning to resume residential life in August. Much has been written about protecting students, but we also need to ask: If faculty members decide that it

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Using the summer to improve online teaching skills

June 24, 2020

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — If there’s one big takeaway from the Covid-19 crisis for higher education, it’s that teaching well online is increasingly, and vitally, important. Maybe you’re thinking: Well, once this global health threat recedes — with testing, tracing, and vaccines — online learning will diminish in prevalence and I can go back

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COVID-19 and Law Teaching: Developing Asynchronous Online Courses for Law Students

June 1, 2020

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron – Dean Paul Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article posted on SSRN from Yvonne Dutton and Seema Mohapatra (Indiana University McKinney Law) that provides guidance to faculty on designing and delivering online courses.

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Law teaching during the pandemic: what professors want their deans (and other administrators) to know

June 1, 2020

(The Faculty Lounge) by Bridget Crawford – Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares final reflections from law faculty on online instruction during the pandemic.

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Good college (and law school) teaching does not require sharing air with students

May 22, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed written by University of the Pacific Law Interim Provost Michael Hunter Schwartz on how the COVID-19 crisis has forced faculty and students alike to adjust expectations of online teaching and learning.  

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Law teaching during the pandemic: Home life and access to technology

May 22, 2020

The Faculty Lounge (By Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares results from her survey of law faculty on their working conditions while teaching remotely.

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What works in online teaching?

May 22, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Professor Margaret Ryznar (University of Indiana McKinney Law) on creating effective online courses.

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Conversations about innovations in Teaching, Technology, and Research

May 14, 2020

Best Practices for Legal Education (By John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) announces a series of online workshops covering innovations in technology, research, and teaching.

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