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Librarians as Educational Developers: Purdue’s IMPACT Program 

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Julie Tedjeske Crane

Introduction  How can a law library support teaching and learning beyond offering librarian-taught legal research classes? Is there a way to better integrate legal research into the law school curriculum? How can we best promote the use of OER? These are … Continue reading →

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Designing to Motivate, Part 1: Capturing Attention and Showing Relevance

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Gerard Fowke

As legal research instructors, we often have trouble motivating students. Some of the obstacles are external: the law school curriculum deemphasizes legal research, usually awarding fewer credits for legal research courses or making them pass/fail. Other obstacles relate to the … Continue reading →

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Creating Significant Learning Experiences  

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Julie Tedjeske Crane

In a previous post on emotions and teaching, I mentioned L. Dee Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning. This post expands on that reference by exploring key ideas from Fink’s book Creating Significant Learning Experiences.   What is a Significant Learning Experience?   … Continue reading →

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Foundations for Practice to Build the “Whole Lawyer”

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Ashley Arrington

While not intentionally, I’ve written about multiple projects put forth by the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) this year, and today I find myself coming back to yet another. Specifically, I want to highlight IAALS’ … Continue reading →

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Charting a New Course: A Foray into Instructional Design

Posted on October 18, 2016 by ashleyahlbrand

by Ashley Ahlbrand In my last post, I mentioned that I have started taking courses to earn my certificate in instructional design. I received a lot of feedback on this and thought I would post periodically on the topic. I … Continue reading →

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