Using cost-effective multimedia to create engaging learning experiences in law and other disciplines

2009 ALTC Teaching Fellowship

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Fellowship years: 2009 - 2011

Abstract: This fellowship is designed to address the needs of two separate groups of learners: (1) final year law students studying ethics and (2) law academics and other interested educators in higher education wishing to use ICT to create engaging learning environments for their students but lacking the capacity to do so. It will infuse final year law students with an improved appreciation of ethical practice than they receive from traditional lecture/tutorial means by creating an integrated program of blended learning entitled Entry into Valhalla. This ‘ethics capstone’ will utilise multimedia produced using cost-effective resources (including the Second Life virtual environment) to create engaging, contextualised learning experiences. The fellowship will also construct the knowledge of producing cost-effective multimedia projects by other law academics and other educators in higher education through staff development activities comprising workshops, conference presentations and an interactive website using Entry into Valhalla as a case study exemplar.

Fellowship discipline: Ethics, Law

Professor Des Butler

Formerly Queensland University of Technology

About

The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows’ network (ALTF) was established in 2011 with support from the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The network comprises over 100 scholars who are well placed geographically, institutionally and within their discipline communities to promote and sustain effective learning and teaching in Australian higher education, now and into the future.