Tag: assessment

  • Assessment in Legal Education – new book series

    Today ANU Press has published Assessment in Legal Education. Critical Perspectives on the Scholarship of Assessment and Learning in Law. Vol 1: England.  It’s the first volume in a series, this volume edited by Alison Bone and myself.  The series editors are Craig Collins and Vivien Holmes (ANU College of Law); I’m consultant editor.  ANU Press is an…

  • LETR conference: parallel papers, 2

    First up, Jenny Gibbons on ‘Curriculum as constitution’.  Fascinating analogy, which I’ve explored elsewhere.  She started with Fortnite Island.  To play the game you need to: learn the rules of the game know how to find and use yr materials take time to create safe spaces learn to maximise yr advantage in encounters learn from…

  • Common entrance exams and the SQE: the wrong story

    The SQE is the Solicitors Qualifying Exam in England and Wales.  It’s an example of a common entrance examination, something a number of legal education regulators are interested in, or already practising.  I was discussing it last night in downtown Toronto, at Osgoode Professional Development, in the context of legal education generally, asking nine questions of…

  • 50 years of assessment in legal education – liveblog, pm

    Post-lunch now, and Penny English, Anglia Ruskin U first up, on ‘Using posters as a means of summative assessment’.  She defined it from Handron 1994 as ‘an experiential learning activity that stimulates curiosity and interest, encourages exploration and integration of concepts and provides students with a novel way of demonstrating understanding.’  As she pointed out,…

  • 3rd Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference, day 3, am

    Final day, focusing on how assessment was being carried out throughout the ETL Consortium.  Four 15 min presentations: ‘Are experiential modules really better? Qualitative assessment for student learning’, Christine Cerniglia Brown and Monica Hof Wallace (Loyola U New Orleans College of Law). ‘Assessing the “Roadmap for Employment” Experiment, Neil Hamilton, U of St Tomas School…

  • 3rd Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference, day 2, pm session 2

    George Brandes now, talking about Making Sense of Assessment Data, and in particular Learning from Online Assessment.  George is Exec Director of Concord Law School of Kaplan University, LA.  Interesting analysis of designing at programme level via designing at more detailed, learning outcome level.  He sees the issue being one of moving up and down…

  • 3rd Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference, day 2

    First up today is a role play on the roadblocks to assessment, organised by Professor Mary Lynch..  We identified and discussed common roadblocks to assessment and propose ways to break them down.  Mary pointed out in her introduction that US education is at an interesting moment, after the Task Force; but there are possible roadblocks…