The Promise of Virtual Worlds for Global Justice Education (Poster Presentation) Export

@article{citeulike:5808986, abstract = {Virtual worlds are emerging frontiers for experiential learning and the teaching of lawyering skills and perspectives. They also offer specialized opportunities for interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration with people with internet access from around the world.With proper training, planning and integration with other Web 2.0 platforms and traditional class-room methods, law clinics may make effective use of virtual worlds to augment real-world problem-solving and justice initiatives as well as to enhance student learning and reflection about issues of local as well as global concern. The poster, presented on May 9, 2009 at the American Association of Law School's annual clinical conference in Cleveland, Ohio, presents results of three-year teaching demonstration utilizing the virtual world, Second Life TM, in teaching online mediation skills to law students. Its primary purpose was to set forth and create discussion among clinical teachers and legal scholars about potential applications of virtual worlds to real-world justice initiatives in legal education.}, author = {Seielstad, Andrea M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5808986}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ssrn.com/abstract=1427027}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/.pdf?abstractid=1427027&mirid=1}, day = {01}, journal = {Social Science Research Network Working Paper Series}, keywords = {mediation, odr, online}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2009-09-21 02:18:08}, priority = {2}, publisher = {SSRN}, title = {The Promise of Virtual Worlds for Global Justice Education (Poster Presentation)}, url = {http://ssrn.com/abstract=1427027}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5808986 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5808986 N2 - Virtual worlds are emerging frontiers for experiential learning and the teaching of lawyering skills and perspectives. They also offer specialized opportunities for interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration with people with internet access from around the world.With proper training, planning and integration with other Web 2.0 platforms and traditional class-room methods, law clinics may make effective use of virtual worlds to augment real-world problem-solving and justice initiatives as well as to enhance student learning and reflection about issues of local as well as global concern. The poster, presented on May 9, 2009 at the American Association of Law School's annual clinical conference in Cleveland, Ohio, presents results of three-year teaching demonstration utilizing the virtual world, Second Life TM, in teaching online mediation skills to law students. Its primary purpose was to set forth and create discussion among clinical teachers and legal scholars about potential applications of virtual worlds to real-world justice initiatives in legal education. JF - Social Science Research Network Working Paper Series TI - The Promise of Virtual Worlds for Global Justice Education (Poster Presentation) PB - SSRN KW - mediation KW - odr KW - online AU - Seielstad, Andrea PY - 2009/July/01/ UR - http://ssrn.com/abstract=1427027 ER -