distance education

Using Video Communications to Support Distance Instruction

Speaker(s): 
Larry Farmer

This session examines distance learning trends in legal education, including classroom design, software platforms, and new instructional approaches that use real-time video communications to teach law school courses. The ABA will soon be loosening restrictions on distance instruction to allow more distance credits that can be used to satisfy graduation requirements (15) and more distance credits that can be taken in a single semester (15). With these changes, we will likely see a new round of distance learning experimentation in legal education.

Schedule info

Time slot: 
20 June 16:00 - 17:00
Room: 
WCC 2009

William Mitchell's Hybrid JD: How Different Points of View Contribute to Make a Strong Program

Speaker(s): 
Janelle Beitz, Chad Johnson

William Mitchell College of Law is preparing to launch an online/face-to-face hybrid ABA-accredited J.D. program – the first of its kind. This session will be a Rashomon approach to a case study describing how the Information Resources folks – the Library and IT - at Mitchell teamed with administration and faculty to create it.

Slides: 
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Schedule info

Time slot: 
20 June 13:00 - 14:00
Room: 
WCC 2004

Distance Education on the Bleeding Edge

Speaker(s): 
Syd Beckman, Gordon Russell

This presentation will look at bleeding edge ideas for the delivery of synchronis an asynchronis distance education using virtual technology in new and meaningful ways.  The presentation will include an interactive discussion with audience members in an effort to shape further discussions and ideas for effective delivery and student engagement.

Preparing for Change: What impact will the new ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure have on learning outcomes, distance education, experiential learning, faculty/student ratios, faculty status and student employment?

Speaker(s): 
Gordon Russell

The ABA Standards Review Committee  has sent to the Council on Legal Education the revised standards and these have been sent out for Notice and Comment.  It is very likely that the the Council will submit the final proposed standards to the American Bar Association House of Delegates in August.  

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