How colleges can support international students during the pandemic

May 8, 2020

EDUCATION DIVE — Higher education administrators, program leaders and college ambassadors, along with professional associations, must serve the unique needs of international students through new and creative action.

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Law school moot court competitions reimagined online

May 8, 2020

THE NATIONAL JURIST — Technology is helping law students to continue to battle, argue, match wits, have at it. In a professional manner, mind you. A number of moot court competitions that used to be held in person are being held online in wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Advice on reducing video conference fatigue

May 8, 2020

BBC — BBC Worklife spoke to Gianpiero Petriglieri, an associate professor at Insead, who explores sustainable learning and development in the workplace, and Marissa Shuffler, an associate professor at Clemson University, who studies workplace wellbeing and teamwork effectiveness, to hear their views.

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A look at Albany Law’s transition to online teaching

May 8, 2020

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — The novel coronavirus has changed daily life for everyone at Albany Law School. Student organizations are holding video calls from their members’ hometowns. Admitted students are visiting campus virtually, through video tours and podcasts. Zoom has become the default medium for students, faculty, and staff alike.

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William & Mary Law details transition to online classes

April 28, 2020

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — To that end, students were asked not to return after spring break, and faculty began to teach remotely through the end of the semester. And with that move, names such as Zoom and Panopto are now heard as much in everyday conversation as Westlaw and LexisNexis.

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University of Dayton Law dean Andrew L. Strauss says pandemic will change future of online legal education

April 28, 2020

THE NATIONAL JURIST — But, in an extraordinary coincidence, on March 6, less than a week before the mass suspension of in person classes, the ABA issued a previously planned, and largely unnoticed, proposal to eliminate its long-standing prohibition on online J.D. programs.

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Law schools move moot court competitions online

April 28, 2020

THE NATIONAL JURIST — Technology is helping law students to continue to battle, argue, match wits, have at it. In a professional manner, mind you. A number of moot court competitions that used to be held in person are being held online in wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Colleges announce shift to summer online classes and tuition reductions

April 28, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — A flurry of colleges has made the formal, if inevitable, announcements in the last 10 days that summer sessions — or at least the first scheduled sessions for those that have multiple summer start dates — will be online-only due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Community colleges face challenges in shift to remote teaching

April 28, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Faculty members at community and technical colleges face challenges in the pivot to remote learning and are trying new technology, assessment tools and ways to communicate.

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Strategies for teaching effectively online

April 28, 2020

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY — This post is a continuation of the first nine strategies introduced in Part I for optimizing virtual/distance/online classrooms.

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