Education experts discuss the challenges of active learning in online classrooms
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Advocates for active learning worry that their favored approach will be hard to pull off in physically distanced classrooms — and that instructors will revert to the straightforward lecture.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Most experts predict we will not have a vaccine for COVID-19 until mid-2021, more than a year from now. In the meantime, the American higher education community is going to be turned upside down, and the educational effects will last long after the virus has been brought under control. What will the impact be?…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — More than half of college presidents (53 percent) said it was “very likely” their institutions would resume in-person classes this fall, and another 31 percent said it was “somewhat likely,” according to a survey of 310 presidents conducted by the American Council on Education. Presidents at public two-year colleges were less likely (38 percent) than presidents of…
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UCI LAW — The Graduate Tax Program at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (the Program) announced today its plans for the Fall 2020 semester. In light of the ongoing global public health situation, the Program will offer all of its fall semester courses on an online basis, which will feature synchronous and asynchronous elements, and its faculty…
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UIC JOHN MARSHALL LAW — Starting May 27, UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago will debut its Admitted Students Summer Excel Program. This six-part virtual program will allow newly admitted students to join their future classmates and faculty, upper-level students and alumni to learn more about law school and the legal profession.
Read More about UIC John Marshall Law launches Admitted Students Summer Excel ProgramUniversity of New Mexico School of Law vice dean Camille Carey discusses transition to online learning
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — UNM School of Law Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Camille Carey said recently the School was ready for that challenge.
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BLOOMBERG LAW – Michigan is the latest in a growing number of states that have decided to hold their upcoming bar exams online, as others weigh safety concerns and logistical issues related to administering tests during the coronavirus pandemic. The Michigan Supreme Court announced Monday that the Board of Law Examiners will administer a one-day bar exam…
Read More about Michigan to administer July bar exam onlineABA legal education council approves emergency rule change on online law school classes
LAW.COM – The American Bar Association’s Council of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has moved to give itself the ability to waive limits on distance education amid the COVID-19 outbreak. It will be easier for the American Bar Association to waive its distance education limits in the fall, should classes remain online because of the…
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – Across the country this fall, college life is likely to be vastly different from campus to campus — a patchwork that mirrors what is currently happening in states and communities, as some move toward widespread reopening and others keep their economies mostly closed. Shut down in a stricken wave this…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance on Tuesday for colleges as they reopen their campuses. Colleges will be looking to the CDC as many prepare to welcome back students, 19.9 million of whom were enrolled at U.S. colleges last fall. While the guidance does not address when or whether colleges should…
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