Manuel David Masseno Vaasa, 24 April 2009 The LEFIS Law & ICT Virtual Campus: Sharing the experience of the Polytechnic of Beja
Starting Points: I – Common Characters of Teaching Law at Other Schools: Addressees: Students of Legal Courses enrolled in Other Programmes; Consequences: Problems of Legitimation; Lack of Synergies regarding Competences and Skills; Enhancing of the Pragmatic Aspects of Learning;
Starting Points: II – 8 Years of Experimentation: A course of Computer Law, at a Computer Engineering Degree; Page of Contents in html (Example): Page of Contents
Starting Points: II – 8 Years of Experimentation: Weblog: Weblog Social Network: Social Network
Developments: I – Objectives (Competences and skills): 1. Awareness and knowledge of the fundamentals of the various regulations concerning the Information Society in Portugal, in the European and International frameworks; 2. Expertise regarding the technics of Compartive Law; and, 3. Interpretation and application of legal texts in context, as well as research of legal information using ICT.
Developments: II – Tools and Methods Full and immediate access to the needed contents, Domestic, International and European: Statutes; Case Law; Doctrine; News, by the way of Blogs; Teaching focused on daily reality and on the relevant Case Law: Previous availability of all the learning materials, in full text; Debates, both in place and by chat;
Developments: III – Assessment Based in the individual solving of Cases; Both Non Presencial and Presencial; Complemented by the participation in Fora, with a more theoretic nature and base on themes introduced by the Lecturer; Always Electronically;
Developments: Platform: Platform
Developments: Also With a Version in English:Version in English
Currently: Turning experience into Good Practices; Implementing the model in every course of Law of the Polytechnic; Building of an extension of the Campus at our Moodle Platform, but now with an simplified access; Hosting the Pages of courses of other Portuguese Speaking Higher Education Institutions, namely from Brazil and in Mozambique;
Currently: