Alyson Drake

Lecturer & Head of Instruction at @UHLAW Law Library. Posting mostly about pedagogy (esp. evidence-based teaching in legal ed) & law librarianship. #firstgen

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My latest paper, Legal Research Instruction in the NextGen Era, co-authored with Amanda Watson, is out now in the Buffalo Law Review: https://t.co/7Ghoy0Rcrf

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Applications for the 2025 Teaching the Teachers Conference for #LawLibrarians Beginners Bootcamp are due tomorrow! Get yours in now: https://t.co/emMSeHt8Qj

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#AALL24 program “Experience Active Learning Implementation,” saw participants break into smaller groups to zone in on active learning strategies.

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“Debunking the Learning Styles Myth with Cognitive Science,” explored how to integrate dual coding into your classrooms and trainings. #AALL24

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Interested in attending TTT 2025? Next year, it's the Beginners' Bootcamp edition of the conference, designed specifically for law librarians who are newer to teaching, and will take place May 29th-30th in Baltimore. The proposal process will open up in late fall, so stay tuned!

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Loved hearing from so many Teaching the Teachers Conference attendees yesterday at #AALL24 that they went back home & presented what they learned to their colleagues! This is exactly what the conference was designed for & I'm so glad our attendees are sharing what they learned.

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Want a First Gen sticker and weren't at CONELL? We have a couple dozen left and they're at the First Gen Caucus Poster in the Exhibit Hall. Stop by the opening reception to pick one up! #aall24 #aall2024

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The CONELL Marketplace at #AALL24 is buzzing! First gens, stop by the table for a sticker and to sign up for the First Gen Caucus! #aall2024

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@theFordon Hearing a lot of stories about folks having colleagues that will get in tonight "if they're lucky"

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@stephdavidson The call for discussion dens is always later, so it may be that they haven't been added to the schedule just yet.

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@stephdavidson For introverted folks, discussions dens and roundtable can be a good way to meet folks in a low pressure way. Having a set topic to talk about can make it easier to chat and then make a connection.

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Thrilled that our paper, Legal Research in the Next Gen Era, will be published in the next edition of the Buffalo Law Review: https://t.co/pY0GzHskw9

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I am so thankful for every presenter, conference team member, and attendee who have shown up, engaged, and made this conference a success, but even more importantly, have made TTT the most amazing community of educators, and I cannot wait for 2025 in Baltimore. #TTT24

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Today, as we closed out the 2024 Teaching the Teachers Conference, we also celebrated the fifth anniversary of our conference. It's simply astonishing to me that we had a vision for building an opportunity to increase the prevalence of evidence-based teaching in the law, /1

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and that our community of law librarians has so fully embraced it. It's been incredible to watch our discourse around how we teach change and that our colleagues have come back each year to continue growing as educators. /2

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Last session of the 2024 Teaching the Teachers Conference: @maricheney and @HickmanPierson on teaching neurodivergent students. #TTT24

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Next up at Teaching the Teachers: Aimee Pittman (and in spirit Will Monroe) of LSU Law on incorporating AI into legal research and writing. #TTT24

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It's Day 2 at the Teaching the Teachers Conference! Had a great time presenting this morning w/ Shamika Dalton from Univ. of Colorado on techniques to combat the cognitive overload that students experience when they are dealing w/ stereotype threat and imposter syndrome. #TTT24

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Last session of Day 1: Savanna Nolan of UGA on active learning. #TTT24.

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Next up at Teaching the Teachers: Julie Tedjeske Crane from Penn State Dickinson on best practices for discussion boards. #TTT24