Is E-Learning Real Learning?
Some people wonder if "e-learning" is real. I poked around the internet and it looks…
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Academic Archetypes: The Overconfident Student*
Overconfidence has become a new norm in legal education. More and more students are entering and graduating from law schools with self-perceptions that exceed their proven competencies.
A Quick Exercise to Help Break Down Barriers to Learning (and Seeing)!
I love youth activities because they start out so spirited, often with a riddle, a…
A Quick Classroom Experiment on Cognitive Bias
We've been told that seeing is believing but I suspect that most of us don't…
An Experiment in Learning to Think Reflectively
Let me ask you a couple of questions posed by a recent article (illustrating how…
Building Community…In An Elevator
Time is so precious. That's why I love elevators. Not because I like to wait.…
A Legal Education “Learning Triangle”
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So picture a triangle: One way…
A 3-Step Method for Piloting Final Exam Reviews
In my experience, very few law students take advantage of exam reviews...and, when they do…
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Turning Fear of Failure Into Acts of Success
Basketball player "...Duncan Robinson was open and didn't shoot." So reads an article about the "Most…
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Comfort – An Enemy of Learning?
There's a line from the movie "The Greatest Showman" that goes like this: "Comfort is…