Course Calendar

Includes orientation, live sessions, and role plays. Self-paced study to occur on student's time.

  • Thursday, October 8 (1PM EST): Online Orientation Meeting (1hour)

  • Thursday, October 15 (11AM EST): Online Session #1 (2 hours) ODR and Communication

  • Thursday, October 22 (2PM EST): Online Session #2 (2 hours) -Working Online and Choosing Platforms

  • Friday, October 23- Wednesday, October 28- Mediation Case Role Play

  • Thursday, October 29 (1PM EST): Online Session #3 (2 hours) Ethics and Review of Practice

Course curriculum

  • 1

    READ THIS FIRST

    • Basic Course Information

  • 2

    Course Introduction

    • Course Content

    • Course Schedule

    • VIDEO: An Introduction to ODR

    • Trainer Bios

  • 3

    Discussion Forum

    • Questions and Discussion

  • 4

    Online Session #1: ODR and Communication

    • Application Demonstration - Mind Maps

    • Readings and PowerPoint

    • Video Links

    • Zoom Link For Online Session #1

  • 5

    Online Session #2: Working Online and Choosing Platforms

    • Application Demonstration - Text ODR Platform

    • Video Links - Example Mediations in Audio and Video

    • Tip Sheets

    • Zoom Link For Online Session #2

    • Video Recap October 22, 2020

  • 6

    Mediation Exercises

    • Mediation Instructions

    • Mediation Case Fact Patterns

  • 7

    Online Session #3: Ethics and Review of Practice

    • Application Demonstration

    • Readings

  • 8

    Resources

    • Applications Links

    • Organizations

  • 9

    Pilot Course - Alternative Disposition

    • Mediation Assessment

    • “Do It Yourself” Video Mediation Assessment

  • 10

    Course Evaluation

    • Participant Evaluation Form

Instructor

Senior Instructor

Daniel Rainey

Daniel Rainey is a principal in Holistic Solutions, Inc. (HSI ), and an adjunct faculty member in graduate dispute resolution programs and law schools. He is currently a Fellow of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution, a member of the Board of Directors for the InternetBar.Org, and a founding member and founding Board Member of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR). He is the Co-Chair of Working Group 3 of the ODR Task Force for the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, and the Co-Chair of the International Mediation Institute’s Online Mediator Competency Task Force. He also serves as a member of the Supreme Court of Virginia’s Access to Justice Commission, Self-Represented Litigants Committee. He was one of the instructors for the first university ODR course (at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst), and he (with Colin Rule) designed and taught the first ODR course required in a graduate dispute resolution program (at Creighton University). He has developed graduate level ODR courses for several universities, in addition to skills-based ODR training for dispute resolution centers and professional associations. As a consultant, he has worked with clients in the the development of ODR resources, intercultural negotiation skills, Ombudsman programs, and organizational conflict engagement programs. He is one of the Editors-in-Chief of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution. He is also an author/editor of the award-winning book, Online Dispute Resolution Theory and Practice (2nd edition due in 2020), and numerous other book chapters and articles about ODR and ADR. In September, 2017, he retired as the Chief of Staff for the National Mediation Board, and in October, 2017, at the Association for Conflict Resolution annual conference, he received the Mary Parker Follett Award for innovation in dispute resolution. For a list of memberships and associations, click here: Memberships