MONASH UNIVERSITY - FACULTY OF LAW
INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTO TEACHING:
PLANS, POLICIES AND PROJECTS 1999
In 1998, the Faculty of Law formed the Faculty Information Technology Advisory Committee (FITAC) which co-ordinates planning and policy in relation to the encouragement of the use of information technology in both teaching and resea rch. In particular, FITAC has the following key tasks:
• To gather and disseminate information regarding teaching and research projects involving information technology that are currently and can in future be undertaken within the Faculty of Law.
• To make recommendations regarding the further development of Faculty information technology teaching and research projects, including a consideration of resourcing and marketing issues.
• To consider and undertake the role of liaising and engaging with the profession in order to identify key areas where information technology strategies need to be improved or taught within the Faculty.
The Faculty of Law is currently engaged in developing the following projects relating to teaching and learning throughout 1999:
• Computerised Legal Research classes for Law students and legal practitioners available via the web.
• Design of web materials for use in research classes for the subjects, Legal Process and Property Law.
• International video conferencing for teaching purposes.
• Computer quiz for revision purposes for Property Law students.
• Computer-based training modules for learning Criminal Procedure.
• Computer-based assessment of Criminal Procedure.
• Web-based teaching materials for the subjects, Australian Legal System and Legal Process.
• Distance Education Project for the graduate subject, Law of the Internet.
• Web-based discussion list for Constitutional Law students.
• Web-based literature review project for the subject, Indigenous People and the Law.
• Interactive multi-media project teaching client skills in the subject, Torts.
In addition to these specific projects, there is extensive use of e-mail by teachers for contact with students, members of the legal profession and other academics, often on an international basis. There is also extensive use of PowerPo int presentations for class teaching purposes which are later made available to students on the web for down-loading. An on-line lecture taping system is being trialed. Each subject also has a web page that provides reading guides and links to other cours e material including tutorial problems, past exam papers and sample answers.
Dr Bernadette Mc Sherry
9th April 1999