Introduction slides for webinar

1. Authentic fictions:
Simulations in legal learning
Michael Bean Paul Maharg
Germán Morales
Kate Stanbury Chris Sykes

2. 2
SIMulated Professional Learning Environment
The SIMple platform:
• Staff/faculty can design, create and run authentic sims with
students, archive the sims, adapt them for different courses &
different purposes
• Supports multiple forms of legal learning and assessment
• Enables students to acquire & use knowledge, practise a wide
range of skills, learn about professionalism, be ethical in the
conduct of legal matters.
SIMple is:
• Funded by OsgoodePD
• Designed by OsgoodePD & Forio
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3. 3
what we’ll do today…
• See how the SIMple platform works for authors, teachers
and students
• Learn about sims in two jurisdictions – Ontario and
England
• Hear what students thought of the experience
• Begin to develop your own simulation plans
• Learn about the possibilities for sim collaborations
across law schools, jurisdictions and disciplines

4. 4
speakers
In order…
1. Paul Maharg (chair), OsgoodePD & Manchester Met
Law School
2. Michael Bean, Forio
3. Germán Morales, Paul Maharg OsgoodePD
4. Kate Stanbury, Manchester Met Law School
5. Chris Sykes, Manchester Met Law School

5. 5
agenda
1 Introduction and overview of the platform (Maharg & Bean, 30 mins)
2 Quick discussion (10 mins)
3 Sim designs and learning @ Osgoode Professional Development
(Morales & Maharg, 25 mins)
4 Quick discussion (10 mins)
BREAK (15 mins)
5 Sim designs and learning @ Manchester Met Law School (Stanbury
& Sykes, 30 mins)
6 General discussion (30 mins)

6. 6
housekeeping
• Speakers will introduce themselves
• Post any questions using the Questions
button and we’ll discuss them in the
discussion sessions
• Further information:
https://osgoodepd.ca/welcome-to-simple/
• To contact us after this webinar please email:
simple@osgoode.yorku.ca