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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:


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):

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:

A report on the seminar appeared on the Digital Directions blog.

Seminar 2: E-assessment

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:

For more see the JISC e-assessment guide.

Seminar 3: Mobile learning

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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