teaching lrw online david thomson
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Teaching LRW Online David Thomson. snipURL.com/LWI2008. David Thomson. LP Professor and Director Lawyering Process Program, University of Denver. This will be my thirteenth year teaching LRW. At three different programs, both adjunct and full-time At two different schools. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Legal/Judicial Process and Knowledge ManagementI also serve on the University Distance Learning Council
Have taught two different online courses in last four years
At three different programs, both adjunct and full-timeAt two different schools
This will be my thirteenth year teaching LRW
LP Professor and DirectorLawyering Process Program, University of Denver
David Thomson
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Definition
Distance education is a method of teaching Distance education is a method of teaching where the student and instructor are separated where the student and instructor are separated by time or space, or both.by time or space, or both.
For the purposes of the Distance Learning Council, distance learning is further defined as a formal educational process in which more than half (51%) of the contact hours more than half (51%) of the contact hours occur when student and instructor are not in occur when student and instructor are not in the same placethe same place. Instruction may be synchronous or asynchronous. Distance learning may employ any combination of correspondence study, audio, video, or computer and other online technologies.
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Millennials
Co-Creation
Media Rich
Tech is not separate
E-mail is for old people
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ABA Accreditation:
306 (d): A law school shall not grant a student more than four credit hours in any term, nor more than a total of 12 credit hours, toward the J.D. degree for courses qualifying under this Standard.
306 (e): No student shall enroll in courses qualifying for credit under this Standard until that student has completed instruction equivalent to 28 credit hours toward the J.D. degree.
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Growth of Online Learning in College
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Fall of 2002: 1.6 Million students
Fall of 2006: 3.2 Million students
These numbers have increased between 24 and 52 percent in the last year (depending on the college)
By next year, nearly 5 Million college students will have taken a course online
Convergence: Tech + Ed + Students
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Thank youto ALWD
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Outline
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Group Work
Face to Face
Conferencing and Feedback
Worries about this
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Match the two
Think in terms of Modules,each with a goal
Learn the Technology
Course Design
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Quick Response
Students must understand the online environment
Bridge the Gap
Requirements for Online Learning
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Online Text
Courseware sites with Blogs,Forums and Wikis
Live Classroom
Available Technology
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ICW Online
Library visit, exercises
Online Tutorials
Research Instruction
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That it works
That they like the convenience
That they feel closer to their online instructors
Students say...
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More Information
Web page for this presentation:
snipURL.com/LWI2008
An article I have written: SSRN
My Syllabus and Course Policies
Two Rubrics for evaluation
ABA Accreditation Std. 306
NYTimes Article
Other links
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Q & A
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