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Mandatory Course Web Sites - Quickly, and with QuickPlace
(Original Session Date: 6/21/01)


Session Description
Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto [http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca] changed its laissez-faire attitude towards course web sites, and decided to require them for all first year courses. Within a matter of weeks the required web sites were mounted. This session recounts our experience with this rapid access of technology. Three aspects are emphasized:

1. the role played by the decision to involve faculty in the actual management of their web sites and by the application (Lotus QuickPlace) chosen to assist them (speaker: Simon Fodden);
2. one faculty member's creative use of QuickPlace in his teaching, with a focus on small-group collaborative work (speaker: Tom Johnson); and,
3. the place of course web sites in the law school's plan for the use of technology (speaker: Mario Therrien).
This session will interest law teachers, administrators and IT directors. The presentation will not be highly technical, but technical questions can be fielded.

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Speaker(s):
Simon Fodden [PowerPoint Presentation in HTML format]
Director, Legal Education Technology Centre
Osgoode Hall Law School
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Canada M3J 1P3
sfodden@osgoode.yorku.ca
416-736-5556

G. Thomas Johnson [PowerPoint Presentation in HTML format]
Associate Professor
Osgoode Hall Law School
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Canada M3J 1P3 johnson@osgoode.yorku.ca
416-736-5577

Mario Therrien [PowerPoint Presentation in HTML format]
Director, Information Technology Service
Osgoode Hall Law School
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Canada M3J 1P3
mario@osgoode.yorku.ca
416-736-5893

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