Alyson Drake

My latest paper, Legal Research Instruction in the NextGen Era, co-authored with Amanda Watson, is out now in the Buffalo Law Review: digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/buffalolawre...

#legalresearch #nextgenbar ##artificialintelligence #ai #lawlibraries #lawlibrarians

Applications for the 2025 Teaching the Teachers Conference for #LawLibrarians are due tomorrow! Get them in soon: elibrary.law.psu.edu/tttconference

#LawLibrarians, applications for the 2025 Teaching the Teachers Conference Beginners' Bootcamp are open now through Jan. 17th: elibrary.law.psu.edu/tttconference/

This conference, designed for law librarians who are newer to teaching, covers cognitive science, backward design, assessment design.

Thrilled that our paper is going to be published in the Fall 2024 edition of the Buffalo Law Review: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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for learning and retention that are too often missing from legal education. Also, REALLY exciting to see so many library- & research- programs celebrated in the full list of finalists & honorable mentions. Law librarians are pushing the boundaries of legal ed. /2
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ANALYSIS: These Seven Schools Are Rethinking How Law Is Taught Bloomberg Law’s second annual Law School Innovation Program is recognizing groundbreaking innovations in four categories: changing pedagogy, beyond the law, immersive experience, and career pathing....

Proud our program was selected as an honorable mention in the Changing Pedagogy category of the Bloomberg Law School Innovation Program & especially that what this article highlights is our focus on the integration of evidence-based strategies /1

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To apply, see our website: elibrary.law.psu.edu/tttconference/. The conference is May 30-31 in Philly. Registration's only $150 for 2 days of evidence-based instructional programming, so it's the best bang for your buck for improving your instruction skills & knowledge. /fin

trauma-informed legal education, formative assessment, active learning, helping students combat stereotype threat & imposter syndrome, integrating generative AI into the research & writing process, teaching neurodivergent students, & a cool tools session on tech for teaching. /2

#LawLibrarians, remember applications for the 2024 Teaching the Teachers Conference are due next Fri., Jan. 12th. This year is the main conference, so appropriate for librarians w/ any level of teaching experience. We'll have panels on a variety of topics: /1

#LawLibrarians, applications for the 2024 Teaching the Teachers Conference open today at noon ET and stay open through Friday, January 12th at 4pm Eastern. To apply and see the schedule of programs, see the conference website: elibrary.law.psu.edu/tttconferenc...

Gotta respect that my coffee haunt is rocking out a Halloween mix this morning.

Opinion | If Everyone Gets an A, No One Gets an A Grade inflation acts just like real inflation.

ANOTHER grade inflation essay, this time in the @nytimes!! 😡😡 Grade inflation is a red herring, a phantom menace even. I have a section on this in my book. 1/x www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/o...

Apparently, there's a second book in the series, too, which I guess I'll need to get my hands on now.

I just finished The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which brings characters from all 6 Austen novels together at a house party that turns into a murder mystery.

When log cabin in fall in Maine is your Platonic ideal, but you're stuck in Houston for Hot-umn.

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👀 CHECK IT OUT, higher ed pals!! New series from U of Oklahoma Press, edited by James M. Lang & Michelle Miller. Soon to publish @cjdenial.bsky.social's Pedagogy of Kindness. @thetattooedprof.bsky.social @vijisathy.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social @thomasjtobin.bsky.social @traciemaddy.bsky.social

The Importance of Words (or What’s a Pat?) I teach my students to expand their search vocabularies and think carefully about the search terms and phrases they use during the research process. It’s important that I also think carefully about ...

My first blog post on the RIPS Law Librarian Blog is live. Blog writing is a new thing for me - it's challenging, but fun to be practicing a new writing skill. @LawSky #LawLibrarian
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AI Law Librarians - All Things AI Law Librarian-ish, Generative AI, and Legal Research/Education/Tec... All Things AI Law Librarian-ish, Generative AI, and Legal Research/Education/Technology

In my not-so-humble opinion, law librarians are some of the best poised legal professionals to tackle the myriad benefits, possibilities, and potential downsides of the coming GenAI/LLM revolution in legal services. Add this to your reading list: www.ailawlibrarians.com

Looking forward to speaking at the next installment of the INTEGRATING DOCTRINE & DIVERSITY SERIES: Can the Socratic Method Be Used in an Inclusive Classroom? Mon., Sept. 18 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST. Should be a great convo!

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I've been having lots of research consults w/ our law journal note writers the past 2 wks (including one this afternoon). Faculty advising on student comments, recommend a consult w/ a librarian. It'll help students get off on the right foot & it's the kind of in-depth research we love helping with.

To read more on this, check out learningscientists.org/blog/2019/6/...

At Teaching the Teachers, we educate on this. And talk about what the science actually says--that student learning improves when students learn via multiple modalities (a concept called dual coding), not when the modality matches their preferences. /3

As librarians and educators, we have a responsibility not to push forward neuromyths, even if they are super common. We need to be a proponent of evidence-based teaching and learning. /2

Really disappointing to see the American Association of Law Librarians include a must-have for the 2024 conference on "accommodating different learning styles." There are numerous studies debunking the idea that students learn best when learning in their "preferred style." /1 #legaled #lawlibrarians

Thank you so much for the shout out, Tracy! I'm late to the party, but so glad to be here.