Comments on: Integrating Internet-Based and Teleconferencing Resources into On-Line Teaching http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2010/02/08/integrating-internet-based-and-teleconferencing-resources-into-on-line-teaching/ A Vision and a Road Map Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Darlene Cardillo http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2010/02/08/integrating-internet-based-and-teleconferencing-resources-into-on-line-teaching/#comment-2376 Darlene Cardillo Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:37:37 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/?p=1228#comment-2376 Patty suggested that I mention Ralph Losey's post entitled, Why Online Education Will Surpass Traditional Face-to-Face Education in the Next 5-10 Years (http://e-discoveryteam.com/2010/02/07/why-online-education-will-surpass-traditional-face-to-face-education-in-the-next-5-10-years/). In it, he cites reasons why online education is superior to face-to-face. At the end, Losey calls "upon all schools to embrace this coming change, including law schools and the ABA which accredits them...Law schools should start planning today to add online J.D. instruction and Masters of Law degree programs to supplement their in-person classroom instruction and degrees...." Patty suggested that I mention Ralph Losey’s post entitled, Why Online Education Will Surpass Traditional Face-to-Face Education in the Next 5-10 Years (http://e-discoveryteam.com/2010/02/07/why-online-education-will-surpass-traditional-face-to-face-education-in-the-next-5-10-years/).

In it, he cites reasons why online education is superior to face-to-face.

At the end, Losey calls “upon all schools to embrace this coming change, including law schools and the ABA which accredits them…Law schools should start planning today to add online J.D. instruction and Masters of Law degree programs to supplement their in-person classroom instruction and degrees….”

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]]> By: Mary Lynch http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2010/02/08/integrating-internet-based-and-teleconferencing-resources-into-on-line-teaching/#comment-2341 Mary Lynch Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:51:55 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/?p=1228#comment-2341 Really creative and and interesting ideas. I have two opposing reactions. FIrst, I applaud your use of CLE type material in creating the kind of bridge needed to transition students safely from school to practice. There is an independence and sophistication which is ideal for a capstone-type course. On the other hand, playing devil's advocate, why should students engage in these activities while paying for law school? Rather than creating these capstone courses, should law school be two years --then have students accrue less loan amounts and/or fewer loans and be able to work that third year for modest pay in an apprenticeship-style first year in practice. In addition, to the fact that the profession is not ready to accomodate such a dramatic change, I imagine that there is a specific value in combining CLE type teaching with classic introductory instruction while in law school and that a case can be made that it is the unique combination of supervised designed teaching of a new subject matter (as Patty's BLOG carefully demonstrates) with introduction to practice-ready skills which makes an ideal capstone-transition? Really creative and and interesting ideas. I have two opposing reactions. FIrst, I applaud your use of CLE type material in creating the kind of bridge needed to transition students safely from school to practice. There is an independence and sophistication which is ideal for a capstone-type course. On the other hand, playing devil’s advocate, why should students engage in these activities while paying for law school? Rather than creating these capstone courses, should law school be two years –then have students accrue less loan amounts and/or fewer loans and be able to work that third year for modest pay in an apprenticeship-style first year in practice. In addition, to the fact that the profession is not ready to accomodate such a dramatic change, I imagine that there is a specific value in combining CLE type teaching with classic introductory instruction while in law school and that a case can be made that it is the unique combination of supervised designed teaching of a new subject matter (as Patty’s BLOG carefully demonstrates) with introduction to practice-ready skills which makes an ideal capstone-transition?

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