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A colleague and I have just developed an online Advanced Legal Research course using Joomla. I am thinking about experimenting with Drupal. I was wondering as to what other law schools are using for their online courses. Specifically, is anyone using Joomla, Drupal, or some other software or service for online law school courses?
Ned Swanner
Electronic Services/Research Librarian
Jones School of Law Library
Faulkner University
(334) 386-7138
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Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
Ned,
A number of law schools are using Drupal. There is a list of law
schools using Drupal on the teknoids website (powered by Drupal) at
http://u.cali.org/mmxi (note the list is incomplete and I welcome any
additions or corrections).
CALI is using Drupal as its web development platform and we have
experimented with things like using it to serve course materials. It
is a solid platform with wide support both in the law school community
and beyond.
Thanks,
Elmer.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Ned Swanner
<nswanner@joneslawlibrary.org> wrote:
>
> A colleague and I have just developed an online Advanced Legal Research
> course using Joomla. I am thinking about experimenting with Drupal. I was
> wondering as to what other law schools are using for their online courses.
> Specifically, is anyone using Joomla, Drupal, or some other software or
> service for online law school courses?
>
RE: Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
Hi Ned,
Both Westlaw and Lexis have course management/learning management systems available. We probably have an equal number of faculty using Westlaw TWEN and Lexis Courses (Blackboard 9) in conjunction with their face-to-face courses. We generally use Lexis Courses/Blackboard for our distance education courses.
Susie
Susie Pontiff Stringer, Ed.D., SPHR
Director of Academic Technology
Florida Coastal School of Law
8787 Baypine Road, Suite 410
Jacksonville, Florida 32256
spontiff@fcsl.edu
Office - (904) 256-1105
Cell - (904) 891-2089
Fax - (904) 680-7679
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Subject: [teknoids] Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
A colleague and I have just developed an online Advanced Legal Research course using Joomla. I am thinking about experimenting with Drupal. I was wondering as to what other law schools are using for their online courses. Specifically, is anyone using Joomla, Drupal, or some other software or service for online law school courses?
Ned Swanner
Electronic Services/Research Librarian
Jones School of Law Library
Faulkner University
(334) 386-7138
Susie
Susie Pontiff Stringer, Ed.D., SPHR
Director of Academic Technology
Florida Coastal School of Law
8787 Baypine Road, Suite 410
Jacksonville, Florida 32256
spontiff@fcsl.edu
Office - (904) 256-1105
Cell - (904) 891-2089
Fax - (904) 680-767
RE: Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
We’re not using it for online courses, per-se, but Drupal has been a dream hosting our website. It’s a bit of a bear to learn and do things correctly, but once you do, it’s a fantastic piece of software.
From: teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu [mailto:teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ned Swanner
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:53 PM
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Subject: [teknoids] Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
A colleague and I have just developed an online Advanced Legal Research course using Joomla. I am thinking about experimenting with Drupal. I was wondering as to what other law schools are using for their online courses. Specifically, is anyone using Joomla, Drupal, or some other software or service for online law school courses?
Ned Swanner
Electronic Services/Research Librarian
Jones School of Law Library
Faulkner University
(334) 386-7138
RE: Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
Hi Ned, we are using SharePoint as the platform for a course that combines Professional Responsibility with some skills training including writing, interviewing, and counseling. The course is not an on line course, but we use the website as a base for resources and for submitting assignments, etc. Sharepoint is very powerful, flexible, and relatively easy to learn to use (I am a faculty member, not an IT person). Unfortunately, it is not free--you need to purchase it from Microsoft. I think it could be a great platform for research and writing courses.
Bob Seibel
California Western School of Law
rfs@cwsl.edu
619 525 1445
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From: teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu on behalf of Nathan DeGruchy
Sent: Tue 10/20/2009 11:53 AM
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Subject: RE: [teknoids] Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
We're not using it for online courses, per-se, but Drupal has been a dream hosting our website. It's a bit of a bear to learn and do things correctly, but once you do, it's a fantastic piece of software.
From: teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu [mailto:teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ned Swanner
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:53 PM
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Subject: [teknoids] Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
A colleague and I have just developed an online Advanced Legal Research course using Joomla. I am thinking about experimenting with Drupal. I was wondering as to what other law schools are using for their online courses. Specifically, is anyone using Joomla, Drupal, or some other software or service for online law school courses?
Ned Swanner
Electronic Services/Research Librarian
Jones School of Law Library
Faulkner University
(334) 386-7138
RE: Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
I second Nathan’s comments.
I am not using Drupal for courses, but check out the Drupal in Education distribution and the main group at http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-education. I think this is mainly geared toward High School, but if you are not familiar with Drupal, could be a good place to start with a distribution where they already picked some of the most useful modules.
Jeff Whitcomb
Technology Services Manager
Cumberland School of Law - Samford University
205-726-4662
jmwhitco samford edu
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From: teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu [mailto:teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Nathan DeGruchy
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Subject: RE: [teknoids] Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
We’re not using it for online courses, per-se, but Drupal has been a dream hosting our website. It’s a bit of a bear to learn and do things correctly, but once you do, it’s a fantastic piece of software.
From: teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu [mailto:teknoids-bounces@ruckus.law.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ned Swanner
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:53 PM
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Subject: [teknoids] Online Law School Courses: Joomla, Drupal or Other?
A colleague and I have just developed an online Advanced Legal Research course using Joomla. I am thinking about experimenting with Drupal. I was wondering as to what other law schools are using for their online courses. Specifically, is anyone using Joomla, Drupal, or some other software or service for online law school courses?
Ned Swanner
Electronic Services/Research Librarian
Jones School of Law Library
Faulkner University
(334) 386-7138