MIT to limit number of undergraduate students on campus for fall semester
MIT NEWS — To the members of the MIT community, In April, I asked Team 2020 to assess options for undergraduate education for the fall semester. Today, based on the team’s in-depth analysis and extensive community consultation, I write to share a first round of decisions about the undergraduate experience this fall – and to sketch…
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CALI — Welcome to what might be the first or last mile of your journey towards online teaching. This mini-course will run live in June 2020. Live session will require about 9 hours with additional time spent reading articles, online discussion, and we hope, reflection on your own or with your colleagues. This mini-course will provide…
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CALICON — We are in the midst of the largest distance learning experiment in legal education history. Everyone – faculty, students, Teknoids, law librarians, edtech folks – everyone – has experienced it differently and had to make adjustments or witnessed a rapid change. We want you to talk about that. How’d it go? Does this mean…
Read More about CALI conference explores online teaching during the pandemicUniversity of North Carolina builds virtual campus connectiveness initiative
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — It’s an attempt to provide something important that was hard to achieve during this spring’s remote instruction: social connection. The ties students form with classmates aren’t just enjoyable — they’re important for learning. As Josh Eyler lays out in his recent book How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching,…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law, in partnership with the AALS Journal of Legal Education, is delighted to host a virtual symposium to discuss the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed legal education in the U.S.
Read More about University of Miami Law co-hosts virtual symposium on COVID-19 and legal educationUsing the summer to improve online teaching skills
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…
Read More about Using the summer to improve online teaching skillsAccommodating student needs during the pandemic through course design
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The pandemic has intensified differences in students’ circumstances. One way professors can respond: Create courses that give students options.
Read More about Accommodating student needs during the pandemic through course designLet’s take this period of unprecedented change to consider how grading practices can affect issues of diversity and inclusion in our law schools
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Jennifer S. Bard) — Professor Bard (University of Florida Law) analyzes the role law school grading practices play in harming diversity in the legal profession. She provides suggestions how law schools can become more inclusive and effective.
Read More about Let’s take this period of unprecedented change to consider how grading practices can affect issues of diversity and inclusion in our law schoolsCase Western Reserve Law co-dean Jessica Berg to teach online summer course on law and COVID-19
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The incoming first-year law students at Case Western Reserve University will have a unique opportunity to learn about and discuss the legal and ethical issues related to the coronavirus pandemic in a summer course offered at no cost prior to the start of their first year of law…
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ABOVE THE LAW — Spivey Consulting Group founder Mike Spivey discusses Harvard Law School’s recent announcement that all classes will be held fully remotely for Fall 2020.
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