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Advice on preventing ‘zoom-bombing’ video conference disruptions

March 31, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — A new form of trolling in which a participant uses Zoom’s screensharing feature to interrupt and disrupt meetings and classes. How to prevent zoombombing:

Bar exam preparation company to host live online lectures

March 31, 2020

ABA JOURNAL — Whether the July bar exam will actually take place as traditionally scheduled is unknown, but starting in May, anyone who wants to study for it has the option of watching livestreamed BarBri lectures with moderated questions and answers.

Pepperdine Law hosts online moot court competition

March 31, 2020

PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Caruso Law chose to charge on, and last week, the school held the preliminary rounds of our annual first-year moot court competition via Zoom. Nearly 40 faculty, Moot Court & Law Review members, and alumni supported the competition by judging multiple rounds, admitting it was nearly as much of a…

Survey looks at the state of online education in 2019

March 31, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new survey of those officials, released this week by Quality Matters and Eduventures — respectively, a nonprofit group focused on ensuring quality in online education and a research and advisory group — was conducted in spring 2019, well before COVID-19 was on any of our radar screens.

Education tech vendors see surge in online education needs

March 23, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — As the new coronavirus outbreak prompted college after university to start shifting classes online — either for a few weeks or for the remainder of the spring semester — education technology companies lined up to say they could help.

Baylor Law launches online version of Legal Mapmaker program

March 23, 2020

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY LAW — In order to impact more lawyers, and offer distance continuing education during the current coronavirus outbreak, Baylor Law’s Legal Mapmaker program is now available for free to any U.S. attorney via an online learning portal. In exchange, lawyers must agree to take at least one pro-bono case in the next 12 months.

Santa Clara Law professors Catherine Sandoval and Allen S. Hammond host webinars on net neutrality and public safety

March 23, 2020

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professors Catherine Sandoval and Allen S. Hammond, IV will be conducting two webinars sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute on the importance of net neutrality to public safety.

‘I Will Survive’ online teaching

March 18, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Michael Bruening, an associate professor of history and political science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is serenading professors with an online teaching-themed cover of Gaynor’s hit.

Resources for faculty and administrators in handling campus closings and online courses

March 18, 2020

EDUCAUSE — This resource page was created to help higher education institutions plan for possible campus disruption by COVID-19, or Coronavirus 19—a respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. This virus has been detected in the United States (CDC, COVID19 Summary). For further information concerning the source and spread of the disease:

Advice for choosing online teaching technology

March 18, 2020

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Using technology well means being selective. Choosing the right tech tools for your teaching means making strategic choices, weighing costs against payoffs, and staying laser-focused on your course goals — and that is what this guide aims to help you do. It’s for anyone who is in the process of…