The LILAC conference is taking place next week in Warwick – and I see already that the logo has been adapted to recognise the 10 year anniversary of UKCLE, and the HEA subject centres in general!So far, the wiki social
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The ‘s-mode’ of legal education
Digital Directions has been rather quiet over the winter vacation – but then so has news on legal education!A colleague brought my attention to an article in The Times Online yesterday, by Richard Susskind. He describes the ‘s-mode’ of learning
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LILACnet – wiki and social networking site for LILAC 2010 Conference
A guest post from Ann Priestley, consultant for UKCLE, and general technical-whizz! UKCLE has just launched LILACnet (http://lilac10.wetpaint.com/), a combined wiki and social network for LILAC10 (http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/newsevents/lilac/index.html), the forthcoming UKCLE conference at the end of
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Free US caselaw… just google it!
Earlier this month I read a blog post at Out of the Jungle, an interesting US blog on legal education, about why Lexis and Westlaw should NOT be like Google.”For the first time, I had a student write
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Enhancing Legal Education in Scotland Event – part two
Kevin Kerrigan from Northumbria University and myself ran an afternoon session at the UKCLE event in Edinburgh on Developing the Undergraduate Law Student Experience (see blog post: Enhancing Legal Education in Scotland Event for the morning session). Kevin spoke about
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Pro Bono Week, Strathclyde’s Law Clinic and Legal Education
Yesterday saw the launch of the extended law clinic at Strathclyde University. Since its inception in 2003, the clinic has expanded to include not only the initial advice sessions in Glasgow, but also an outreach project in Greenock, to
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Enhancing Legal Education in Scotland Event
This was the first UKCLE event in Scotland (that wasn’t attached to another event) for some time, and possibly the first event to involve representatives from all levels of legal education. The event was held in Edinburgh and was well
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The value of social media
This month’s Big Question from Tony Carrer’s Learning Circuits Blog is an interesting one, not just for learning professionals who are trying to enage colleagues, but also for academics who are trying to engage their students!”How do I communicate the
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ALT-C 2009 – A Virtual Perspective
As I was unable to go, I asked a couple of colleagues who went to the Association of Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C) to let me know of anything interesting, so here’s a guest blog post! ALT-C isn’t subject
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Is the language of English law in need of fundamental reform?
Today, The Times reports on a debate chaired by Lord Justice Jacob on the motion The Language of English law is in Need of Fundamental Reform. Organised by the English Project, the debate marked the anniversary of the Statute of
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