“Pssst, I know something about international tax that you don’t. The same with you? Why not have our brains meet? Both will be enriched.” Now multiply that enrichment by the amount of peers in a learning group. And you just calculated how…
Bottom line of our legal training investment?- Don’t tell me.
The global legal community spends a fortune on legal training. What does it get in return? No one knows: effects of legal training are rarely measured. That seems somewhat troubling given the huge financial commitments involved. Few legal organisations track the…
Lawyers overestimate their instructional skills
Nobel-prize winning research indicates that incompetent people overestimate their own capabilities; they imagine themselves above average competent . People who are really above average competent, are inclined to underestimate their capabilities. Conclusion: The less competent estimate their capabilities much higher than…
This tax MOOC makes you fly. But why? (part 2)
I just had a startling learning experience. Yesterday, I confess, I failed in solving a quiz question in the MOOC on international taxation. Embarrassed, I decided not to submit my answers. I was alone, I thought, no one would notice my…
How a MOOC can change a tax lawyer into becoming Super Tax Lawyer (part 1)
Today the international tax MOOC from Coursera started. If you are seeking to acquire expertise on international taxation, do not wait but enter the course quickly (The deadline for the first assignments is July 31). It is an excellent learning experience. Why?…
Why is this tax director smiling? – She is talking to her peer in the world’s most innovative international tax course
I found a surprisingly state-of-the-art legal training course on international taxation. It is innovative in both its learning technology and in its instructional approach. This course fills a gap within the fiscal education spectrum. Finally, it could raise the quality of legal training…
Levels of legal learning: Forget-them-not
Ambitious legal lecturers use insight in learning processes to help them increase the impact of their teaching efforts. An helpful framework to provide such insight was developed back in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom. Bloom’s model helps lecturers to focus their teaching towards…
Legal lecturer: hey boss, what did you lately do for me?
What can legal training organisations do to close performance gaps and realise the potential of their lecturers? It feels not only lonely at the top Legal lecturers feel somewhat left to their own devices by their superiors when it comes to…
Innovative legal learning? Write a blog
Learning is an activity. So, expect little expertise development from passively listening to talking, slide-presenting lecturers. But actively engaging in legal learning activities does create robust expertise. One such useful learning activity involves writing. This month a modern digital version…
How legal lecturers get eager audiences and achieve more impact?
Legal lecturers would love to contribute more to the expertise development of their learners. So how to help them remedy a lack of workplace performance improvement and enthusiasm with their ex-trainees? One approach is to send lecturers to a good…