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UKCLE E-learning Seminar Series 2007-2008
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1 November 2007 - 11 September 2008
Wills Hall, University of Bristol
UKCLE’s e-learning series was made up of four seminars held during 2007-08:
- Seminar 1: Collaborative and distributive learning
- Seminar 2: E-assessment
- Seminar 3: Mobile learning
- Seminar 4: Simulation learning
The series focused on how e-learning, and in particular emerging technologies, can be embedded and integrated into the law curriculum. Participants included law teachers, IT support staff and e-learning developers, who were provided with practical ideas and materials they could take back to their law schools.
Sessions included a podcasting workshop and the use of an electronic voting system (EVS). We also discussed wikis and blogs, plagiarism issues, accessibility, MCQs and e-portfolios. One of the attractive features of the seminars was the chance to network with like minds, and the wide variety of particpant backgrounds was a definite strength.
Three papers from the series appeared in JILT 2009 (3):
- Making law teaching accessible and inclusive
- The role of new technology in improving engagement among law students in higher education
- Virtual seminars: problem-based learning in healthcare law and ethics
Seminar 1: Collaborative and distributive learning
The first seminar, held at University College London on 1 November 2007, was made up of the following sessions:
- Social collaboration and the immersive: a new vision for legal education? – Sara de Freitas (Serious Games Institute, Coventry University)
- Discussion forums in legal education – Michael Bromby (Glasgow Caledonian University) looked at the use of discussion boards to replace traditional seminars – see his slidecast on discussion forums and read his full paper, Virtual seminars: problem-based learning in healthcare law and ethics
- Using podcasts in teaching, learning and assessment – Irene Anderson and Alan Hilliard (Blended Learning Unit, University of Hertfordshire) gave a presentation on the technology and pedagogy – download the particpants’ podcasts on the benefits and challenges of podcastng
- Using blogs in law teaching and assessment – Caroline Coles (De Montfort University) reviewed the pedagogic benefits of Web 2.0 tools – read her full paper, The role of new technology in improving engagement among law students in higher education
- Wikis: a tool for distributive writing – Paul Maharg (University of Strathclyde)
A report on the seminar appeared on the Digital Directions blog.
The second seminar, held at the University of Bristol on 31 January 2008, was sponsored by the Academy/JISC Collaboration Team and made up of the following sessions:
- Online formative assessment: does it work? – Paul Catley (University of the West of England) reported on his research into the use of MCQs
- What can electronic voting systems add to the classroom experience? – Penny Wiggins (Blended Learning Unit, University of Hertfordshire)
- JISC/Academy e-assessment workshop – Karen Barton (Glasgow Graduate School of Law) and Patricia McKellar (UKCLE)
- Plagiarism in an electronic age – Fiona Duggan (Academy/JISC Academic Integrity Service)
- Supporting tutors with their feedback to students using OpenMentor – Denise Whitelock (Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University)
- Accessibility in e-assessment – Simon Ball (JISC TechDis Service) and Helen James (University of Winchester) presented the Accessibility Checklist Game
- E-portfolios: the UKCLE e-portfolio project – Karen Barton (Glasgow Graduate School of Law), Patricia McKellar (UKCLE) and Federica Oradini (University of Westminster)
For more see the JISC e-assessment guide.
The third seminar was held at Glasgow Caledonian University on 26 March 2008. A live video feed, allowing participants to follow the event from anywhere in the world, was offered on the day, and a videocast of John Mayer, the principal speaker, is still available.
The seminar was sponsored by BILETA and ran alongside their annual conference. It included the following sessions:
- Mobile learning in legal education – John Mayer (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, USA)
- Mobilising webcasts: portability and agility in learning design – Karen Barton and David Sams (Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
- Learning from Digital Natives – Allison Littlejohn (Caledonian Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University)
- Enhancing learning with mobile learning objects – Carl Smith (Reusable Learning CETL, London Metropolitan University)
- Mobile technology: can we really make it work in legal education? (panel session) – John Mayer, Carl Smith, David Sams, Karen Barton and Patricia McKellar
For more on mobile learning see RLO-CETL’s m-learning page.
Seminar 4: Simulation learning
The final seminar, held at the University of Warwick on 11 September 2008, was again sponsored by the Academy/JISC Collaboration Team and made up of the following sessions:
- Simulations in legal learning – Paul Maharg (University of Strathclyde)
- SIMPLE case studies – Patricia McKellar (UKCLE), Karen Barton (Glasgow Graduate School of Law), Karen Counsell (University of Glamorgan), Nick Johnson (University of Warwick)
- Second Life in Law? Teaching in virtual immersive worlds – Mark Childs (Centre for the Study of Higher Education, Coventry University)
- Using simulations in law: can it work? – workshop led by Patricia McKellar (UKCLE), Karen Barton and Paul Maharg (University of Strathclyde), including a hands-on session led by Michael Hughes (Learning Technologies Development Unit, Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
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