Using Technology to Enhance Active Learning

Two professors at Albany Law School have successfully implemented technology in order to increase student particpation in class, provide feedback,  and foster active learning.  Click here for a complete description:  http://albanylawtech.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/two-innovative-educators

Should the Best Practices Initiative Rank Schools?

There has been a lot of chatter on the national clinic listserv about how to reply to the US News & World Report surveys.   How do any of us who  have not taught at another school really know how good their teaching is or how “best” their practices are?  Should the Best Practices group form their own evaluation process?  Should schools be ranked according to how well they prepare students to practice law?  or how well they evaluate and monitor their own teaching and curriculum?  Even if we wanted to rank schools, how could we do so without falling prey to the same kind of biases and flaws which pervade the US News process?

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Mary

Best Practices Author Responds in TaxProf Blog

Read it here- http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2007/10/roy-stuckeys-ad.html