using cali lessons

Using CALI Lessons

C. Steven BradfordEarl Dunlap Distinguished Professor of Law

University of Nebraska

Pedagogy to Practice: Maximizing Legal Education with Technology

October 16, 2004

Using technologyto improve learning

Using technologyto improve learning

CALI Lessons

•How I use them

•Why I use them

Optional Use

1. Correlate with the class syllabus

Chapter 3: What Is A Partnership And How Does It Work?

12. 73-76[CALI Lesson: Are You My Partner: Is This a Partnership?]

13. 76-7914. 79-8015. 80-8116. 81-90

[CALI Lesson (for Assignments 14-16): Management and Financial Rights of Partners]

17. 91-9218. 92-97 (Correction: On the middle of p. 95, the reference to RUPA § 401(1)

should be to § 401(i).)19. 97-10020.100-11321.113-115

[CALI Lessons: (1) Partnership Dissociation; (2) Partnership: Dissolution and the Article 7 Buyout Obligation]

22. 115-121[CALI Lesson (for Assignments 21-22): Partnership: Winding Up, Partnership Accounts, and Distribution of Profits and Losses]

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Follow the Lessons link

Follow the link to your subject

Optional Use

1. Correlate with the class syllabus

2. Instructions on how to access

Optional Use

1. Correlate with the class syllabus

2. Instructions on how to access

3. Availability to respond to questions

Mandatory Lessons

1. Cancel a class

2. Require completion of two lessons

Mandatory Lessons

1. Cancel a class

2. Require completion of two lessons

3. Must turn in CALI completion printout

Why Use CALI Lessons?

• If I can do it in class– CALI can do it + more

Early Computer Lessons

Law professors are

A. Lovable

B. Cute

C. Comforting

D. All of the above

The correct answer is D. Law professors are lovable, cute, and comforting.

Why Use CALI Lessons?

• If I can do it in class– CALI can do it + more

• Individualized attention and feedback to everyone

Why Use CALI Lessons?

• If I can do it in class– CALI can do it + more

• Individualized attention and feedback to everyone

• Positive feedback from students

Why Require CALI Lessons?

Why Require CALI Lessons?

• Complex statutory provisions(RMBCA Conflicting Interest Transactions)

Why Require CALI Lessons?

• Complex statutory provisions(RMBCA Conflicting Interest Transactions)

• Teaching statutory interpretation

Why Require CALI Lessons?

• Complex statutory provisions(RMBCA Conflicting Interest Transactions)

• Teaching statutory interpretation– Too much detail– Too many students

Why Require CALI Lessons?

• Complex statutory provisions(RMBCA Conflicting Interest Transactions)

• Teaching statutory interpretation– Too much detail– Too many students

• CALI Lessons– Cover full statute in detail– Individualized work interpreting statute

New CALI Developments

• Publish your lessons– On CALI web site– URL just for your class

New CALI Developments

• Publish your lessons– On CALI web site– URL just for your class

• Score saver– Access full student responses

New CALI Developments

• Publish your lessons– On CALI web site– URL just for your class

• Score saver– Access full student responses

• In-Class Use– Real-time student responses– Use student feedback to teach

Using CALI Lessons

Steve Bradford

(402) 472-1241

sbradford1@unl.edu