Using CALI Lessons
C. Steven Bradford
Earl Dunlap Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Nebraska
Pedagogy to Practice:
Maximizing Legal Education with Technology
October 16, 2004
Using technology
to improve learning
Using technology
to 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. 76-79
14. 79-80
15. 80-81
16. 81-90
[CALI Lesson (for Assignments 14-16): Management and
Financial Rights of Partners]
17. 91-92
18. 92-97 (Correction: On the middle of p. 95, the reference to RUPA § 401(1)
should be to § 401(i).)
19. 97-100
20. 100-113
21. 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]
Go to www2.cali.org
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