![]() ![]() ![]() Classes at a graduate level should be participatory and engaged in a way that makes recording of limited utility. The experience of some faculty who have taught in environments in which recording is used as a matter of course is that there is pressure on teachers to teach in a manner which is suitable for recording – more lecturing from the teacher and less class participation in particular. This form of teaching is not conducive to being recorded. The JD uses seminar style teaching based on discussion and, where appropriate, small group work in class. Second, the JD is not taught through a traditional lecture and tutorial format. A reduction in class attendance changes the type of learning community that MLS is trying to create. The cohort experience of the JD is important. MLS has kept class sizes limited on the basis that students should get to know one another and learn from one another as well as from their teacher. However, the JD has been established as a degree which relies on a learning community in the classroom. Some students have responded to this by saying that this should not be considered a problem – those who want to come will attend and those who do not should be free to listen by recording if they prefer to. The reasons for the decision not to make class recordings available generally to all enrolled students in a class are outlined below.įirst, staff with experience of teaching in other law schools where recording of classes is routine, and who remember teaching into the LLB at MLS when classes were routinely recorded, have noted that it tends to lead to a reduction in the numbers attending a class – sometimes to a very substantial reduction. ![]() In order to address that concern, arrangements are in place to allow students access to class recordings for special consideration reasons (see below). MLS does, however, acknowledge the challenges that this may cause for some students whose circumstances mean that they may miss classes. Following an extensive process of consultation and discussion over several years about the desirability of making class recordings available without limitation, it was decided that MLS would not move to a system of unrestricted access to class recordings in the JD program. The overarching concern of Melbourne Law School (MLS) is to provide students with the best quality legal education and the most favourable teaching and learning experience overall. See announcement on JD Canvas Community for full details. Delivery mode of the Juris Doctor in 2023 ![]()
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