Webinar: Authentic Fictions: Simulation in legal learning

Hear from Professor Paul Maharg about a web application designed for legal learning in law schools.

About the event

This webinar will focus on a web application called SIMple (SIMulated professional learning environment) – a platform designed for legal learning in law schools and beyond. It comprises a case management system and a simulation engine. The case management system enables learners to work as singletons or in groups such as virtual firms on legal matters, and to communicate with each other and with others, both real and fictional. The sim engine enables authors to design, create, test, run and archive simulations; to create fictional characters; and to make case-based and any other resources available to learners during a simulation. The platform has been designed to be highly flexible, and to support situated learning, skills learning and reflective learning.  It has been designed by Osgoode Professional Development in Canada, working with Forio, a US educational web developer specialising in simulation.

During the webinar, co-hosted by OsgoodePD and the Centre for Innovation and Research in Legal Education (CIRLE), you will:

• See how the SIMple platform works for authors, teachers and students
• Learn about sims in two jurisdictions – Ontario and England
• Hear what students thought of the experience
• Begin to develop your own simulation plans
• Learn about the possibilities for sim collaborations across law schools, jurisdictions and disciplines

Registration

Please register in advance here.