Every Handout Counts: Understanding the Wide Variety of Approaches to Presenting Information In and Out of the Classroom and the Pros and Cons of Each
Start Date
31-5-2019 8:30 AM
End Date
31-5-2019 9:30 AM
Document Type
Presentation
Description
Flipped classrooms, hybrid classrooms, face-to-face learning. PowerPoints, Prezis, whiteboards. Handouts, mind maps, flash cards. Audio, video, print. There are so many options and decisions points today for how to best present information to students. This session will offer a survey of recommended methods for educational instruments and apply them to the legal research context. The speaker will show how the same legal research topic could be presented in several different ways to students, highlighting the pros and cons of each methodology. Participants will then discuss ways in which they have presented legal research topics to students in the past and brainstorm how they might repackage that information in a different context, whether their goal is to make their in-class presentation more interactive, convert a face-to-face lecture or activity to an online context, or something else entirely.
Speaker Bio
Ashley Ahlbrand is assistant director for public services, assistant librarian for educational technologies, and adjunct lecturer in law at the Maruer School of Law. In addition to the teaching and reference duties she shares with her colleagues, her role as the educational technologies librarian includes incorporating emerging technologies in library-related projects, as well as assisting Law School faculty with the use of technology for teaching and learning. Her research focuses on the use and ethics of existing and emerging technologies in libraries, course curricula, and the legal profession.
Every Handout Counts: Understanding the Wide Variety of Approaches to Presenting Information In and Out of the Classroom and the Pros and Cons of Each
Flipped classrooms, hybrid classrooms, face-to-face learning. PowerPoints, Prezis, whiteboards. Handouts, mind maps, flash cards. Audio, video, print. There are so many options and decisions points today for how to best present information to students. This session will offer a survey of recommended methods for educational instruments and apply them to the legal research context. The speaker will show how the same legal research topic could be presented in several different ways to students, highlighting the pros and cons of each methodology. Participants will then discuss ways in which they have presented legal research topics to students in the past and brainstorm how they might repackage that information in a different context, whether their goal is to make their in-class presentation more interactive, convert a face-to-face lecture or activity to an online context, or something else entirely.
