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Moodle: open source e-learning
on Moodle at OXILP see Liz’s papers E-learning and traditional methods: special blends (2006) and Delivering blended legal learning by open source methods (2007), plus her list of Moodle links. The use of open source software to deliver e-learning is becoming increasingl…
Developing an e-learning strategy for a modern law school
about the planning and preparation of an e-learning strategy designed to meet the needs of a modern law school. Some of the themes to be discussed include: • If we accept that there is a place for e-learning within a law school is there really any need for an e-learning stra…
The College of Law's e-learning initiatives
January 2004 Andy is the Director of e-learning Development at the College of Law in London. In his paper at the third Vocational Teachers Forum he described the College’s e-learning initiatives on the Legal Practice Course (LPC) – read Scott Slorach’s progr…
E-learning and traditional methods: special blends
see Liz’s papers Moodle: open source e-learning and Delivering blended legal learning by open source methods (2007), plus her list of Moodle links. The use of IT in education at all levels has rocketed in recent years. The government is actively promoting the use of IT i…
Using e-learning in legal education
What’s new in e-learning Forthcoming events Evidence-based practice seminar series – events being held around the country by the Higher Education Academy Resources and news European Journal of Law and Technology – first issue now available JILT – …
E-learning evaluation resource pack
development of a resource for the evaluation of e-learning applications Start date: June 2006 Funding: £12,000 (JISC Distributed e-Learning Programme) When we think of e-learning within higher education we frequently come across the words ‘reinventing the wheel’. I…
Developing an e-learning resource for OSCOLA
JacksonCM@cardiff.ac.uk) Project summary: development of a repurposable e-learning resource for the OSCOLA standard for legal citation Completion date: October 2006 UKCLE funding: £5,372 Update – the fourth edition of OSCOLA is now available to download from Oxford Law.…
Professional competence: can it be taught? A workplace perspective.
contributors | abstract | presentation | biographies | paper Contributors Hugh Anderson McKnight (Turcan Connell, Solicitors and Asset Managers) Format Paper presentation Abstract McGaghie (1991) states that ‘evaluation of the competence of profession…
Delivering continuing professional development using online distance learning
(2000) There are three main elements to e-learning activities on the programme: online resources – course materials and a virtual library (online journal articles, websites and references to paper-based articles) are provided to students using the content manageme…
Interdisciplinary learning for the work-based student
short, multi-disciplinary modules utilising e-learning via podcasting, wikis to support interaction and online tests. Her paper covered design issues, the use of blended learning, peer to peer collaboration, pastoral support and issues in the affective domain. She also review…
Interactive learning in an eConfucius drama classroom
local cultures and global influences on e-learning in Taiwan. The underlying issue was how to promote active, reflective, independent, collaborative and transactional legal education within a Taiwanese context of passive students under a culture of rote learning. It was proposed…
S, not E: the methodology and results of S mode learning
LLM. Editor’s note: see the report into e-learning at the College of Law (PDF file, 2009) by Richard Susskind to find out more S mode learning. Scott’s slides are embedded below. It is suggested, on good authority, that the S in S Club 7 didn’t actually stand…
CILASS: promoting inquiry-based learning and information literacy
In this article from the Spring 2006 issue of Directions Natasha Semmens and Mark Taylor (University of Sheffield) provide an update on the work of CILASS, the Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences. For the latest on the law school project contact Nat…
Blended learning: creating an effective blend
contributors | abstract | biographies Contributors Louisa Riches and Carol Cook (Leeds Metropolitian University) Intended format Interactive workshop Abstract To practically demonstrate how simple it can be to use technology which is readily available to u…
Portfolio assessment: should we start with the academics having a go?
contributors | abstract | biographies | paper Contributors Di Kelly (De Montfort University) Intended format Paper presentation followed by discussion Abstract “It is suggested that by introducing a portfolio to first year undergraduate law students’ t…
An evaluation of the effectiveness of problem based learning as a method of engaging year one law students
contributors | abstract | presentation | biographies Contributors Joanne Clough (Northumbria University) Gillian Smith (Nottingham Trent University) Format Paper presentation Abstract Student engagement is the product of motiva…
Developing research-based learning and teaching approaches through the innovative use of technology
UKCLE project Project leader: Steven Warburton, King’s College London (e-mail: steven.warburton@kcl.ac.uk) Project advisors: Kevin Germaine, St Mary’s University College (critical friend) and Patricia McKellar (UKCLE) Project summary: developing research-based lear…
It's SIMPLE: the SIMulated Professional Learning Environment
G Minshull & J Mole (eds) Innovating e-learning practice: the proceedings of theme 3 of the JISC Online Conference: Innovating e-learning (chapter 6) Maharg P (2004) ‘Virtual communities on the Web: transactional learning and teaching’ in A Vedder (ed) Aan het …
Small group learning and assessment
This paper by Caroline Maughan (University of the West of England) and Julian Webb (University of Westminster), initially given at the UKCLE seminar ‘From little acorns…’ in November 2001, provides an overview of models of small group learning, plus tips on…
Teaching in virtual worlds
tools Second Life learning videos – E-learning Technology blog (16 June 2008) Second Life training – Learning Circuits Blog (31 May 2008) Top 20 educational locations in Second Life – from the SimTeach wiki aimed at teachers in multi-user virtual environm…
Social collaboration and the immersive: a new vision for legal education?
Summary of the session presented by Sara de Freitas (Serious Games Institute, Coventry University) at the UKCLE seminar on collaborative and distributive learning held on 1 November 2007. For further information see Sara’s report Learning in immersive worlds: a review of g…
Using SIMPLE at Glasgow Graduate School of Law
Case study on the use of the SIMPLE application at Glasgow School of Law (GGSL), one of five law schools participating in UKCLE’s SIMPLE project. If you would like to know more about the use of SIMPLE at GGSL contact Karen Barton on karen.barton@strath.ac.uk. At GGSL s…
Using SIMPLE at the University of Stirling School of Law
Case study on the use of the SIMPLE application in the law school at the University of Stirling, one of five law schools participating in UKCLE’s SIMPLE project. If you would like to know more about the use of SIMPLE at Stirling contact Kay Goodall on k.e.goodall@stir.ac…
Virtual learning environments in legal education
Funding: £25,000 by the JISC Distributed e-Learning Programme, £2,000 from BILETA Virtual learning environment (VLEs) are some of the fastest growing areas of legal education, but very little is known of their design, their users, content, the drivers for use and the block…
In the looking glass: reflection on past experience as a key to the future
Carol Boothby (Northumbria University) presented a paper looking at the use of reflection in Northumbria’s Student Law Office, aimed at supporting students in becoming lifelong learners. Carol’s slides are embedded below. How can the concept of lifelong learni…
Teaching professional skills to distance learning students through the medium of film
Edward Stone, Elizabeth Harding and Lisa Kidger (ILEX Tutorial College) discussed their experiences designing and producing training and assessment films to illustrate client care skills. The presenters’ slides are embedded below, and you can also download their full …
Socrates and Confucius: a long history (?) of information technology in legal education
technology in legal education – or e-learning – from its inception to now, part of a project exploring the history of legal informatics. Its main argument is that e-learning development has been influenced by the same pedagogical issues as have affected legal educati…
Second guessing: is there a context for Second Life in legal education?
presenters Michael Bromby is chair of the e-learning group at Glasgow Caledonian’s School of Law and Social Sciences. He is an executive member of BILETA and blogs for UKCLE at Digital Directions. Michael’s work on online discussion boards is funded under the Caledonia…
Humanising legal education through valuing and nurturing multiple intelligences
In her paper Kirsten Dauphinais (University of North Dakota, USA) presented her thesis of using multiple intelligence theory to inform legal pedagogy and promote inclusive, experiential learning. Kirsten’s thesis is that utilising Harvard educational psychologist Howa…
From Foucaultian bio-power to Confucian respect: bio-power and e-Confucius
considering the cross-cultural problems raised in e-learning and legal education generally by the Foucaultian concept of bio-power and ways in which Confucian pedagogy may assist in their resolution. You can download Abdul’s full paper at the foot of this page, and find …
Current Events (5)
Institute for Law Teaching & Learning conference
The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning 2011 conference will be held at New York Law School in New York City on the theme of engaging and assessing our students.…
ALT-C conference
The 18th international conference of the Association for Learning Technology will be held at the University of Leeds…
AALS 2011 Clinical legal education: Learning for transfer: (Re) conceptualizing what we do in clinics and across the curriculum
The Association of American Law Schools clinical conference in Seattle, Washington.…
Archived Events (24)
Assessment for learners (EARLI/Northumbria Assessment Conference 2010)
The 5th biennial EARLI/Northumbria Assessment Conference will explore the ways in which assessment impacts on students’ experiences of learning and ways of improving learning via assessment in all sectors of education, disciplines and educational systems. …
Teaching and learning for legal skills trainers
The aim of this seminar, organised in collaboration with "BIALL":http://www.biall.org.uk/home.asp (the British & Irish Association of Law Librarians), was to showcase innovative practice in learning and support from the perspective of the law librarian. The programme explored iss...…
Valuing Open-space Learning
The shaping and exploration of Open-space Learning by the CAPITAL Centre and the HEA-funded OSL project has enabled us to discover and uncover a spectrum of creative pedagogies we see as offering us, and others, value. Whether we locate these creative pedagogies temporally, s...…
PRHE10: Research-teaching linkages to enhance student learning
The biennial conference of pedagogical research in higher education will be held in Liverpool. …
ISSOTL 2010: Global theories and local practices: institutional, disciplinary and cultural variation
The annual conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning will be held in Liverpool. …
ALT-C 2010: 'Into something rich and strange': making sense of the sea change
ALT-C 2010, the 17th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology, is being held at the University of Nottingham. …
SIMPLE project launch event
The "SIMPLE project":/projects/past-projects/tle/, jointly funded by JISC and UKCLE, developed an open source simulation environment for learning in law and other professions. This launch event reviewed the project and took a look forward to further use of the application by 'sec...…
Learning in Law Annual Conference 2011
The Learning in Law Annual Conference 2011 will provide a forum for delegates to consider how different stakeholders experience legal education from a variety of viewpoints: locally, nationally and globally; in the Academy, in the workplace and in the student body. The conference...…
Developing reflection and autonomy in law
This seminar, building on the work of UKCLE's "personal development planning working group":/resources/personal-development-planning/ukcle-personal-development-planning-working-group/, explored how reflective and critical skills are currently being developed and assessed in UK la...…
SENDA and legal education
What are the implications of disability discrimination for law teachers and how can we address them? This event drew on the experience and expertise of law teachers in developing learning and teaching practice in the context of the Special Education Needs and Disability Act 2001...…
Legal Ethics 2008
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From Northumbria to Bologna: Alternative routes to qualification in law
The professional bodies are aiming to encourage alternative and more flexible routes to qualification as a lawyer. Employers in general are becoming more vociferous about the expectations that they have of graduates. Law schools, in the light of increasing student numbers and dwi...…
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