To explore the ways computer technology and particularly computer conferencing can facilitate problem-based learning and access by diverse groups to legal education.
To offer a course on Evidence on the WWW which incorporates our past experience, draws on new technology and knowledge about learning and design and which will be a prototype for the delivery of other law courses both at UBC and across the country in this format.
To investigate the utilization of electronic versions of judicial decisions, transcripts, journal and newspaper articles and information on the WWW in the instruction of law.
To investigate the ways in which computer technology facilitates dialogue and information sharing between law students, the legal profession and decision-makers.
Funding Details
Year 1: Project Year
Year 1
Year 1: Funding Year
1999/2000
Year 1: Project Type
Small TLEF
Year 1: Principal Investigator
Christine Boyle
Year 1: Funded Amount
20,000
Year 1: Team Members
Christine Boyle, Professor, Faculty of Law
Marilyn MacCrimmon, Professor, Faculty of Law