Online
Delivery using TWEN Westlaw Systems
Example
course on youtube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wStQ7g4OCGs
Courseware
TWEN – Course Management and Asynchronous
Discussion Board
Courseware features allow a professor to post
his personal information and syllabus, view
a course roster, and interact with students
in the discussion board - like a residential
university provides a brick and mortar classroom
for class. A student reads the professor syllabus
posted in blackboard as well as on the faculty
member’s webpage and program website -
like when a professor posts his syllabus before
a course begins. The syllabus contains the broad
weekly study schedule, a list of assignments
and deadlines and grading. The professor poses
questions or is posed question either in the
asynchronous discussion board of their chosen
synchronous platform.
The
program course portal is Westlaw’s TWEN
‘courseware’ – see
TWEN. Each candidate that has matriculated
(paid for the first semester) receives a Westlaw
password that grants access to TWEN.
Lectures on MegaMeeting.com – Real Time
Classes with Q&A
Attending live classes for all courses is an
option of the program. An applicant may test
his/her computer and internet capacity by reviewing
the example classroom on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wStQ7g4OCGs
Learning
Framework
The
Diamond program employs a dual pedagogical approach:
legal education and that of business school.
The Diamond program is grounded in traditional
jurisprudential legal education that is designed
to:
• teach robust online research techniques
• fine-tune writing style for target audience
• correlate persuasive argumentation with
citation to source and secondary authorities
• hone critical legal thinking skills
Further,
the Diamond program offers the opportunity to
engage with practitioner-led practicum that
review procedural and filing requirements.
The program serves employers and professional
association needs, and within the scope of professional
employment International Taxation and Financial
Services are not practiced in a vacuum but rather
in relation to business operations within team
contexts. Thus, the Diamond program employs
business school techniques in its classroom
approach:
• case studies
• problem solving approach
• group-solutions and team building
Please
refer to http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/jilt/2001_3/byrnes/
for an extensive discussion regarding the development
of the pedagogical approach employed based upon
a intermingling of different legal pedagogical
approaches across the US and abroad.
|