Abstract

Enlivening the law classroom: Let students speak, not just sit

Highlights

  • IN-CLASS OPTIONAL NICHE (ICON) ICON is a learning and assessment activity in an intellectual property law elective

  • A forum is set up on Moodle for students to upload the teaching materials that they, as co-teachers, have produced for that seminar’s topic. They are co-teachers because they must first do the required reading to grasp a basic understanding of the topic and design teaching materials based on their reading and additional research to share their knowledge with the whole class

  • In a conventional law classroom, often we only hear one voice, that is the voice of the teacher

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Introduction

IN-CLASS OPTIONAL NICHE (ICON) ICON is a learning and assessment activity in an intellectual property law elective. As a student-teacher partnership initiative, ICON enables students to take part in the design and delivery of the course A forum is set up on Moodle (a learning management system) for students to upload the teaching materials that they, as co-teachers, have produced for that seminar’s topic. They are co-teachers because they must first do the required reading to grasp a basic understanding of the topic and design teaching materials based on their reading and additional research to share their knowledge with the whole class. Students consciously and conscientiously share the decision-making process with the teacher, who leaves it to the students to decide what examples to include and how to present them in each seminar

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