Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

1. Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Legal Workshop Australian National University

2. Overview • What is the GDLP? • What is the LITE project? • Key issues in online delivery • Liz Allen • Graeme Blank • Maintaining quality • Tony Foley

3. LITE Project • Law, IT and Education http://www.anu.edu.au/CEDAM/publications/LITEreport2002.pdf • Collaboration between CEDAM and Legal Workshop • Convert paper based Program to web based • Two years and 3 iterations of Program

4. Key Issues in online delivery • Liz Allen • Study Schedule • immediate communications (“synchronous”) • Reflective Practice

5. Courses • ACT Real Estate • Practical exercise to buy/sell property in ACT • Lecturer plays all roles except student-solicitor • Skills Development • Opportunity for student reflection about learning and practice. • Mix of role plays and ‘big picture’ issues eg work/life balance

8. Tools • Discussion boards (Graeme Blank to discuss) • Telephone assessment • one on one with student • probe knowledge, skills, strategies • immediate feedback and marking • Quiz Tool

11. Key Issues in online delivery • Graeme Blank • Signposting / “scaffolding” • Delayed communications (“asynchronous”) • Groupwork

14. 100 students, 8 weeks = high interaction

18. Maintaining Quality • Tony Foley • Peer review • student feedback • Coaching with CEDAM

19. Management Issues • Leadership • commitment, sustained effort • Environment • foster culture of change, discussion and support • Educational design and technical support • Timeframes • single course or entire Program?

20. Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Legal Workshop Australian National University