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I saw an interesting infomap on the result of most lecturing: One year after a lecture more than 95 percent of the students recalled little more than students who never attended the course. Only 8 percent of lecturers take any account of…

  I just read Steve Friedland’s column describing his excitement in experiencing wonderful legal teaching. What struck me was how he describes the great results that can be achieved from variety of teaching styles. During the “best law teachers” conference, different…

Often legal learning lacks sufficient measuring of relevant indicators. This prevents optimization of the investments in learning. Disappointing for individuals (lecturer, learners) and for the organisation that bears the costs. Chances are that a lot is wasted if one does not…

Ok, lecturing is not a simple affair. It involves a complex process of merging legal, instructional and motivational expertise. The lecturing challenge is underestimated in most legal educational setttings. However, sometimes other features of the lecturing process stand in the…

Want to know about the latest in educative technology? Read the newly published Horizon report 2014. This authorative concise report provides the key trends and challenges in the adoption of educational technology. You can also find therein all on developments to…

  Some think a legal MOOC stinks, others believe they are a great investment. I belong to the believers.  A MOOC is simply another tool to help transfer legal expertise from the legal expert to the expert-wannebe. It is not a…

Is legal education really as backward as the title suggests? According to Brian Curial, partner at Miller Thompson LLP, it is. Brian argues that legal students expect legal training to reflect their ICT-savyness. However, legal schools continue in the old…

Apps increasingly enter our legal lives. Last night my youngest daughter challenged me: “Come’on dad play this game with us”. I expected another time waster. I was not disappointed. The app is called halfaminute. However, next day a brainwave suggested an…

A recent poll found that Oxford legal students expect to use more digital study material in the future. In order for this to happen, much needs to change. Current digital legal study material has a long way to go for…

  During the years that I lectured international tax law, measuring the outcomes was the weak spot. It was so easy to ignore it; hardly anyone would notice.  Students and my boss seemed happy with my lecturing. That should have been enough.…