COVID-19 and Law Teaching: Developing Asynchronous Online Courses for Law Students
(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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(The Faculty Lounge) by Bridget Crawford – Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares final reflections from law faculty on online instruction during the pandemic.
Read More about Law teaching during the pandemic: what professors want their deans (and other administrators) to knowGood college (and law school) teaching does not require sharing air with students
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.
Read More about Good college (and law school) teaching does not require sharing air with studentsLaw teaching during the pandemic: Home life and access to technology
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.
Read More about Law teaching during the pandemic: Home life and access to technologyWhat works in online teaching?
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.
Read More about What works in online teaching?Conversations about innovations in Teaching, Technology, and Research
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.
Read More about Conversations about innovations in Teaching, Technology, and ResearchProfessors should not try to replicate on-campus teaching during remote instruction
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — When colleges shut down in-person classes this spring, many instructors took pains to say that what was offered instead was not online learning. Other terms have been offered up — emergency online teaching, remote instruction — though probably none is quite right.
Read More about Professors should not try to replicate on-campus teaching during remote instructionAdvice for more inclusive teaching using Zoom
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Faculty members are getting a crash course in Zoom and finding it can be supremely awkward, at least at first. One reason for our collective uneasiness: Most of us are not well acquainted with the “hidden curriculum” of Zoom — all the unwritten rules and expectations that you’re supposed to…
Read More about Advice for more inclusive teaching using ZoomProfessors discuss challenges of remote instruction and connecting with students
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — For professors, moving to remote teaching in the face of a global pandemic has ruptured the semester. While the shift has raised new questions, like which online tools are best for a particular course, it’s also reignited old debates, about the best way to grade; about what grades even are. It’s…
Read More about Professors discuss challenges of remote instruction and connecting with studentsReflections after three weeks of Zoom
The Volokh Conspiracy (By Josh Blackman) — Professor Blackman (South Texas Law) reflects on the last three weeks of teaching remotely via Zoom, and what it could mean for the future of online legal education.
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