Law X.0 summarises a recent US debate over whether student blog participation should be required by law professors:
Should Law Profs Require Student Blog Participation?
That's the question Adjunct Law Prof Blog editor Mitchell Rubinstein asked after noting that Barry Law School Adjunct Professor Marc John Randazza gives credit for student participation on his blog, The Legal Satyricon. The question has created a mini-dust storm in the blogosphere. Check out the comments to Rubinstein's original post and the following posts and their comments:
- Susan Cartier Liebel's post, Knickers Are Twisting Over Innovative Adjunct Telling Students They MUST Blog on Build a Solo Practice
- Scott Greenfield's post, Adjunct Accused of Misblawgary on Simple Justice
- Randazza's Post
- And Rubinstein's follow-up post on Adjunct Law Prof Blog
Read more here.
It is good to know that participation on the blog in itself is not enough in this course. Quality is also an important part of the assessment. To overcome arguments about traffic, specific focussed group blogs can be set up. Luddites seem to lurk around every corner when Web 2.0 and education are discussed.
Last year when I was studying an online course on Website design and construction through Charles Darwin University, there was a hand written exam. The medium was clearly not the message. Even the citizenship test is completed digitally.
Posted by: Kevin Rennie | Thursday, 24 January 2008 at 01:06 PM