Category: Future
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Apps in Legal Education
Warning: This post is not all that high-tech, but I did have the opportunity to give an interesting lecture the other day, and I thought I would share my experiences! Our (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) Advanced Legal Research course is relatively new, so the structure of the curriculum is somewhat fluid. While most…
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Working Group for Distance Learning in Legal Education
For the last two years, it’s seemed as if someone changed my job description without telling me. I work in the same office. The faculty composition is mostly the same. But the discussion about legal and online education changed. It’s easy to find articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Huffington…
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Infographics in Legal Education
Have you noticed that data use and distribution has hit the mainstream lately? Data visualization is becoming a popular field of study. Empirical research is gaining greater ground in fields not usually associated with high levels of data analysis, such as law. 2013 has even been declared the International Year of Statistics. Perhaps more so…
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the impact of a skills-based legal education
NB: I do not have a JD and other than sitting in on a few 1L courses, I have not taken part in much of the law school classroom environment. What I do know is mostly from talking with students and from direct conversations with faculty. I am fully aware that curriculum is not “hypothetical”…
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Collaboration: The Next/Previous Big/Small (No)Thing
When I first came to SCU Law about 3.5 years ago, I would have claimed that collaboration and team-based learning was utterly and perhaps forever contrary to the instruction of law. Today, while I certainly see many classes including team-based work in the curriculum and some faculty quite aggressively challenging traditional methods of instruction, I…
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Trends & Challenges in Educational Technology
There is essentially one reason why I was so excited to attend EDUCAUSE’s Midwest Regional Conference in March: the Keynote Speaker, Dr. Michael Wesch. With the beauty of YouTube and TED talks, I can share the keynote presentation with you, albeit in a shorter form. TEDxKC Michael Wesch From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able Wesch focuses on…
