Remote Teaching Resources for Law Faculty: Teaching Online - Law - Topical

Sara Sampson (OSU Law) provides guidance on how to ensure your classroom resources are accessible for all. (July 8, 2020)

AALS Faculty Focus panel discussion from June 16, 2020

From the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines.

Yvonne Dutton, Margaret Ryznar, and Kayleigh Long (Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law) present data on online instruction, including the online teaching methods that are most effective for students.

Video, readings and other resources related to assessing law student learning online.

Michelle Zakarin (Touro Law) presents tips on providing feedback online, including via various tools on Canvas (June 24, 2020)

Discusses how to design assessment & engagement techniques for our new learning environments

Yvonne Dutton and Seema Mohapatra (Indiana University) offers some guidance on how to develop and implement an effective asynchronous distance-learning course for law students, specifically looking at preparing for the Fall 2020 semester.

Agnieszka McPeak (Duquesne University School of Law) discusses her experiences designing asynchronous online law school courses. It is meant to serve as a quick resource for professors moving classes online to deal with Covid-19 live class cancellations.

Kenneth Swift (University of Houston Law Center) focuses on the online education aspect of three principles that are most prominent in current law school teaching and in academic debate: active learning and the case method, cooperative and group learning, and prompt formative assessment.

Nina Kohn (Syracuse Law) lays out considerations for live v. asynchronous teaching

Nina Kohn (Syracuse Law) discusses why law faculty should consider incorporating self-paced (or “asynchronous”) elements into their courses.

Video, readings and other resources related to engaging law student learning online.

April G. Dawson (NCCU Law) presents practical ideas and best practices for using technology to facilitate maximum student engagement and create an active learning environment in small and large law school classes. (May 19, 2019)

2018 panel discussion from CALI's annual conference on best practices for engaging law students online.

Considers whether discussion boards should be used, and if so how

Discusses how we can generate meaningful discussions, especially around difficult topics, when we are distanced from one another.

Discusses ideas on how to have students do collaborative work in class

Materials from a 2019 conference hosted by the University of Denver Strum College of Law, including a number of presentation videos and slides of sessions on all aspects of hybrid and online teaching.

Offers five concrete steps to redesigning a physically distanced, hybrid, or remote course.

Josh Blackman (South Texas College of Law) provides suggestions on success in teaching students online and in class at the same time (June 17, 2020)

Ellen S. Podgor (Stetson University College of Law) provides an organized list of considerations in teaching a live synchronous electronic education class. It offers a detailed course planning checklist.

Professors at The Open University Law School in London report on preliminary data gathered from an empirical study of the mental wellbeing of online distance learning law students

AALS “Faculty Focus" webinar from June 16, 2020

Ellen S. Podgor (Stetson University College of Law) provides an organized list of considerations in teaching a live synchronous electronic education class. It offers a detailed course planning checklist.