Emily Allbon Sanmeet Kaur Dua. Inspiration & drivers Recognising student engagement needed to increase 6 key practical legal support skills Open access.

Emily AllbonSanmeet Kaur Dua

Inspiration & drivers

• Recognising student engagement needed to increase

• 6 key practical legal support skills

• Open access vital

Design

• Visual = important

• Introducing the 'fun'

• Engaging content

Students learn in different ways

• Different types of media

• Not just reading - listening, watching too

Student feedback

‘It gets intense going through textbooks as reading can become a chore – nice to have something

to lighten it’

‘Different resources – online tutorials, slideshows and videos – present the information in a fun

and stimulating way...’

Peer learning“Law professors’ personal stories about ‘how I learned it’ – somewhat meaningless and antiquated. ..Novice peers, are perfect mirrors to help each other reflect and regulate law student learning” (Herndon, 2010)

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And then in 1974…

Teaching resource

• Teaching materials for Legal Method team

• Enhances student learning - inspiring students to become creative, original and confident

• 24/7 support for other courses

• Used by staff at other universities

Outcomes/benefits

• Upsurge in interest in mooting• Inspiring colleagues to do more with

technology• Influence & enhance learning

“…when the students knew I was representing City University they couldn‘t stop talking about Lawbore & Learnmore. Words can’t describe how happy I was to see students outside our university talk about it and use it. I couldn’t but explain to you how thankful I am of you, and all that effort we see you put-in, pays off” (Student email after the National Law Student Forum 2012)

• App• Talking essays - feedback ~ feed forward• Legal writing focus

What others think!“I think your ‘Learnmore’ website is fantastic. I’m teaching law to non-law students in a business school. Many of the students find law daunting and inaccessible, your site is a great example of how to get over that. I’ve directed my students to your ‘how to remember cases’ page, which I think is great!” (Dr Liz Oliver, Leeds University Business School).

“I think they (Lawbore & Learnmore) are excellent and will be recommending them accordingly. They are very clear, easily navigated, colourful, fresh, informative, and very useful” (Prof Gary Slapper, Director of the Centre for Law, The Open University)

“I begin my pupillage at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills next September! I don’t think it’s an over-exaggeration to say that Learnmore had a significant effect by bolstering my confidence, opening me up to new ways of thinking and providing a solid platform to build on for my studies at undergraduate level and beyond” LLB3 student

Find out more about Learnmore via a piece in the European Journal of Law and Technology (2013) 4:1 http://ejlt.org//article/view/182 Too cool for (law) school? Using technology to engage students in legal skills

OR by looking at the site foryourselves!

http://learnmore.lawbore.net

Image credits

Slide 6: ‘Professor Finger Puppet’ by abbey*christine http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbeychristine/2111324084/

Slide 6: ‘The famous yawn - cc licence’ by Hilary Quinn http://www.flickr.com/photos/hilaryaq/3435257717/

Slide 9: by 365::153 what’s next? by .reid. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahreido/4683295771/