Comments on: Law Teaching and Social Sofware http://madisonian.net/2006/01/22/law-teaching-and-social-sofware/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:22:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MT http://madisonian.net/2006/01/22/law-teaching-and-social-sofware/comment-page-1/#comment-20932 MT Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:14:38 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=512#comment-20932 Sorry: Doesn't rise to soul-selling. Its a school selling just its body (e.g. the student body). Sorry: Doesn’t rise to soul-selling. Its a school selling just its body (e.g. the student body).

]]> By: MT http://madisonian.net/2006/01/22/law-teaching-and-social-sofware/comment-page-1/#comment-20931 MT Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:12:44 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=512#comment-20931 Any school willing to sell its soul will find Westlaw or Lexis happy to host password-protected pre-fab class Web forums. I suspect this is what quite a few schools are doing. Any school willing to sell its soul will find Westlaw or Lexis happy to host password-protected pre-fab class Web forums. I suspect this is what quite a few schools are doing.

]]> By: Michael Froomkin http://madisonian.net/2006/01/22/law-teaching-and-social-sofware/comment-page-1/#comment-20925 Michael Froomkin Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:26:29 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=512#comment-20925 We at UM have been blogging for class for quite a while. But many of the blogs have been password protected from public view, because students express concerns about having their comments/questions read by outsiders ... including potential employers. We at UM have been blogging for class for quite a while. But many of the blogs have been password protected from public view, because students express concerns about having their comments/questions read by outsiders … including potential employers.

]]> By: Carlos Leyva http://madisonian.net/2006/01/22/law-teaching-and-social-sofware/comment-page-1/#comment-20924 Carlos Leyva Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:52:41 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=512#comment-20924 Mike, Our constitutional law professor had some discussion forums setup, not really a blog, but he was attempting to generate more discussion, and while a few participated, most did not. Even those that participated, the number of posts "faded" as the semester wore on. There is definitely an "information overload" factor that needs to be considered in all of this. Mike,

Our constitutional law professor had some discussion forums setup, not really a blog, but he was attempting to generate more discussion, and while a few participated, most did not. Even those that participated, the number of posts “faded” as the semester wore on. There is definitely an “information overload” factor that needs to be considered in all of this.

]]> By: geoff manne http://madisonian.net/2006/01/22/law-teaching-and-social-sofware/comment-page-1/#comment-20923 geoff manne Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:51:44 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=512#comment-20923 A benefit (or cost, depending whom you ask) of publicly-available class blogs is participation by additional faculty members (and students). Although my participation was very limited, I followed Lydia's students' blog throughout the semester through an RSS feed and even commented on it once in a while. As these things become more common in law schools, I think more outside participation will occur, perhaps enriching debates among students (or, in my case I'm sure, impoverishing them). By the way -- I opined on the trend of asynchronous university education here: http://busmovie.typepad.com/ideoblog/2005/11/meet_the_new_un.html. A benefit (or cost, depending whom you ask) of publicly-available class blogs is participation by additional faculty members (and students). Although my participation was very limited, I followed Lydia’s students’ blog throughout the semester through an RSS feed and even commented on it once in a while. As these things become more common in law schools, I think more outside participation will occur, perhaps enriching debates among students (or, in my case I’m sure, impoverishing them).

By the way — I opined on the trend of asynchronous university education here: http://busmovie.typepad.com/ideoblog/2005/11/meet_the_new_un.html.

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