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Here is another podcast of a presentation given at Subtech 2006 in Oslo, Norway on Friday, June 20, 2006. The speakers were Paul Maharg, Pat McKellar, Sefton Bloxham and Karen Barton. The title of the presentation was "Current E-learning Projects, and Also a ‘state ofplay’ Presentation: Overview of What’s Happening in the UK Currently as […]

Here is the first of several podcasts from Subtech 2006 conference that I attended in Oslo, Norway this past week. Tom Bruce, Director of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell gave a talk that was was insightful and probing and wickedly funny. At one point he played a Flash animation that must be experienced to […]

As part of a workshop I ran with Deb Quentel at Subtech2006 in Oslo, Norway, I had participants interview each other on the topic of "Lessons Learned using ICT in Legal Education". This admittedly broad subject lent itself to telling stories that could cover a wide swath of subjects and the podcasts I will be […]

I remixed the audio with a screencast of my keynote presentation at the 2006 CALI Conference to create a screencast that introduces a new project that CALI is launching this summer called eLangdell. There isn’t a website just yet (we do have the domain registered, but it’s merely parked for now), but there will be […]

I am off to Oslo, Norway next week to attend Subtech and one of the things I offered to do was to explain the rise of new 3D virtual worlds like Second Life to Norwegian law professors. I don’t have much time and I was fortunate to find a couple of excellent and professionally produced […]

Fascinating video of a prototype the BumpTop 3D desktop PC interface. I really like the feel that this implies and after watching it several times, it really starts to dissolve the line between real and virtual. I want these capabilities on my REAL desk now.

The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reports that Judge James Kimbler is posting videos of sentencing hearings on YouTube.com. Most people and probably a lot of law students have very little experience with what happens inside of courtrooms. Their experience is mostly taken from Law & Order episodes and these don’t really reflect the reality of […]

What are the career prospects for an IT Professional in education? Maybe this book will answer that question and many others. From the blurb… "…provides an overview of current principles and practices for mentoringand developing the next generation of IT leaders in higher education.Edited by EDUCAUSE Vice President Cynthia Golden and written by topleaders in […]

I gave the opening keynote at the 2006 Conference for Law School Computing yesterday. Here is the powerpoint deck from the presentation. 1759-JohnMayerThursdayPlenaryFINAL.ppt (17 MB) Here is a link to a WMV video of the presentation. Here is a link to an MP3 of the presentation. Update: Tom Boone at UNLV Boyd School of Law […]

This is an podcast interview in our continuing series of podcast interviews with law faculty who participated in the Legal Education Podcasting Project this past semester (Spring or Winter) of 2006. Professor Robin Craig of the University of Indiana-Indianapolis School of Law recorded the classroom for her Property II course. The podcast can be found […]