"The Promise of Virtual Worlds for Global Justice Education (Poster
Presentation)"
ANDREA M. M. SEIELSTAD,
affiliation
not provided to SSRN
Email: [email protected]
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.
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