Teaching Strategies

Preparing to Teach Remotely (Part 1): Where Do I Begin?

Law Curriculum, Legal Education, Teaching Strategies / By CPLE

PART 1 OF 4: The focus of many law teachers at the moment is upon successfully navigating the transition to remote delivery of teaching. For many of us, the challenge is a significant one: not only do we have to learn a new set of skills, we also have to have to find a way to provide our students with a personalised learning experience that is as engaging and rewarding as what they would have received if they were on campus… In this post I will share my own experience in addressing this challenge.

Readapting Assessments in Response to COVID-19: Bond Law Perspective

Legal Education, Teaching Strategies / By CPLE

There was a time when we as academics used to love debating about online exams, their nuances, pros and cons… The thought that we would ever depart from our comfortably set routine of traditional end-of-semester exams was limited to seminars and staff meetings… and then a one-in-a-hundred-year event jolted us into action. What was once an interesting option suddenly became the only viable way forward.

Supporting Law Teachers to Navigate a Challenging Transition

Law Curriculum, Teaching Strategies / By CPLE

Moving to new methods of delivery requires more than learning how to use the tools, although that itself can be a significant challenge. It requires a willingness and an ability to reconsider some of our most deeply held assumptions about what it means to teach law effectively.