Asynchronous Does Not Mean Passive: Designing Cognitive Engagement for the NextGen Era
As legal education prepares for the NextGen Bar Exam, many institutions continue to treat asynchronous instruction as inherently less rigorous than live classroom teaching. This interactive workshop challenges that assumption by reframing engagement as a function of cognitive design rather than physical presence. After a brief overview of NextGen competencies and principles of retrieval, spacing, and iterative assessment, participants will conduct a guided “design audit” of one of their own courses.