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E-learning and the Legal Foundations Course: It's (a bit of) a Revolution!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2012

Jackie Fishleigh
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Abstract

In this article, Jackie Fishleigh reflects on her first taste of e-learning whilst undertaking the revamped Legal Foundations Course. She explains how the course now works and compares it to the original version she took 20 years ago. She also looks at the views on e-learning expressed by Professor Richard Susskind and educationalist, Alan Clarke. The advantages and disadvantages are explored, together with the characteristics of a successful e-learner. The article aims to be informative and entertaining.

Keywords

e-learninglaw courseslaw librarianship
Type
Practical Matters
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 235 - 238
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2012. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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References

Clarke, Alan. (2004) E-Learning Skills. Palgrave, MacMillan.Google Scholar
Susskind, Richard. (2008) The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services. Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar