3. Why online?
• Request for easy access to education
• Previous experience with judicial online learning was successful
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(2 x Coroners’ programs, 2 x Decision making programs)
• Must be an interactive platform for participants
• Cost & time effective for courts and participants
• Can be delivered numerous times in a year
4. Who’s involved?
Expert program developers & facilitators
Judges, magistrates, tribunal members (approx. 4 per program)
Participants
16 judges, magistrates & tribunal members
Online moderators
2 staff
5. Welcome &
Orientation •Week 1
How the brain
makes up its
mind
•Week 2
The human
side of legal
decision
making
•Week 3
Whom do I
believe?
Techniques for
better fact-finding
•Week 4
Expert
Witnesses
•Week 5
Writing good
reasons
•Week 6
What?
Program Roadmap
6.
7. Participant preparation
• Orientation handbook emailed prior to program start
• Small group teleconferences with online coaching
• Technical support available throughout the program
9. How do participants interact?
Content is
grouped into
topics
Participants interact through:
• content related tasks
• gathering resources from library
• sharing experiences
• using checklists
11. How do participants build knowledge & practice skills?
Principles of social learning:
• work on scenarios and case studies,
• apply existing knowledge,
• sharing experiences,
• refine their skills through group-based
activities,
• increase their reference base, and
• draw on collective intelligence of the
group to arrive at decisions,
• completing tasks in their own time
enables reflection
12. Role of Facilitators
• Provide subject matter expertise
• Monitor & guide participation
• Respond to Q and A
• Provide feedback
13.
14. Resources
• Support booklet
– technical support
– subject support
• Library
– journal articles
– Chapters
– video
– online materials
• Q&A
