Archive for July, 2006

Using the Edges of the Education Network – Why Not Let Students do the Podcasting?

I’ve been having some fascinating discussions with Elmer Masters, CALI’s Internet Guy(tm). We have been hashing out the next phase of the Legal Education Podcasting Project (or LEPP II for short). The success of LEPP I and the amount of press that podcasting and education is getting that podcasting education content is going thermonuclear. In […]

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Interviews with Law Faculty Podcasters – Charles Shafer of U Baltimore – Torts

Here is another in a series of interviews with law faculty who participated in the Legal Education Podcasting Project. Professor Charles Shafer of the University of Baltimore School of Law created weekly summaries for his evening division Torts class. This podcast is 29 minutes long. Click to listen or right-click to download the MP3 – […]

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Can Textbook Publishers be Trusted with Serving Educational Goals?

Two articles crossed my path today and I would like to juxtapose two clips. The first is from the New York Times titled "Schoolbooks Are Given F’s in Originality" by Diana Jean Schemo. Here’s the quote… "…William Cronon, a historian at the University of Wisconsin who wrotethe American Historical Association’s statement on ethics, saidtextbooks were […]

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Using Avian Flu to Justify Distance Learning

In my presentation at the CALI Conference last month (screencast/podcast), one of my arguments for creating a digital repository of course materials was avian flu. I took some jibes for that from some quarters, but I have been running across other articles on the web that support my position. The blog Lanny on Learning says… […]

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Invasion of the Podcast People – Screencast Version

As posted earlier, I gave a talk at AALL with Jim Milles. Here is a link to a screencast version of my portion of the talk (audio synced with the slides). This screencast is 27 minutes long.

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Invasion of the Podcast People – Jim Milles and John Mayer at AALL 2006

Jim Milles and I co-presented in a talk at the American Association of Law Libraries conference in St. Louis on Monday, July 10, 2006. Here is a link to my powerpoint slides – InvasionofthePodcastPeoplet.ppt Jim will be posting his slides and perhaps a recording of this presentation as a podcast at his podcast blog, Check […]

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Larry Farmer: New Computer Tools to Facilitate Learning in a Legal Interviewing & Counseling Course – Subtech 2006, Oslo

This is a podcast of a presentation given by Larry Farmer of BYU law school at Subtech 2006 in Oslo, Norway. The title of this talk is "NewComputer Tools to Facilitate Learning in a Legal Interviewing & CounselingCourse", but Larry covers some very interesting ground that belies the title. This podcast is 1 hour, 2 […]

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Bloxham and Cerevkova: Using a VLE to Support Reflective Learning and Personal Development Planning Within a 1st Year Law Module – Subtech 2006, Oslo

This is a podcast from Subtech 2006. This talk is titled "Using a VLE to Support Reflective Learning and Personal Development Planning Within a 1st Year Law Module" given by Sefton Bloxham and Andrea Cerevkova of Edge Hill University. This podcast is 47 minutes long. Click to listen or right-click to download the MP3 – […]

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Legal Education Podcasting Project – End of Semester Survey Results

In the Spring/Winter 2006 semester, CALI conducted the Legal Education Podcasting Project where about 30 faculty recorded their classroom lectures or created weekly summary podcasts for their students. We did a mid-semester survey and the results were reported here. The PDF of that report is here. I have also conducted about a dozen interviews with […]

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Diny Peters – Stories about ICT in Legal Education – Subtech 2006, Oslo

Here is a story from Diny Peters, a consultant to European law schools who I worked with on the Rechtenonline project in the Netherlands several years ago. Diny is a delightful and insightful person who talks about working on the Rechtononline project which was (and is) a very ambitious project for the Dutch. The podcast […]

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