Post on 14-Jan-2016
WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS & LEGAL EDUCATION
Barbara Ginzburg & Jewel Makda
What exactly is Web 2.0 ?
"Web 2.0" - born in 2004 at a brainstorming conference session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International.
Web 2.0 is: The Web as a platform Web-based services emphasizing collaboration
& sharing (collective intelligence) Read/write service - anyone can publish & users
control content Software that gets better the more people use
it. No download required by most, the Web is your
access.
Thinking about Web 2.0
Sensitive Data Housed Off Site
Who owns the data? Is there a guarantee your
data is safe?
Information LiteracyNow that more people are
publishing online, is information literacy
becoming an even more critical issue?
GapsWill Web 2.0 Apps cause a widening gap between Digital Immigrants and
Digital Natives?
Time Magazine’s
Dec 2006 Issue
“Who is the Person of the Year? Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world."
“We the media – we decide what’s important”
AJAXWe’re not talking about the abrasive cleaning product.
Asynchronous JavaScript & XML.
Many Web 2.o sites use AJAX. A technique for creating interactive web applications. Uses XHTML and client-side scripting allowing a page to update asynchronously without requiring a page refresh. Increases interactivity, speed, and usability.
Categories of Web 2.0 Applications
Wikis
Blogs
Folksonomies
Social Networking Sites
Desktop-like applications
Virtual Worlds
Yes N
o
50%50%1. Yes2. No
Are you currently using Web 2.0 applications to create?
Do you use Web 2.0 as a consumer?
Yes N
o
50%50%1. Yes2. No
Which would you use?
17% 17% 17%17%17%17%
You are teaching an advanced legal research class online. You have assigned pairs of students to create annotated bibliographies. You have also asked them to keep a log of where they looked for materials and how they found the items.
1. Wiki2. Google Apps or
other Desktop application
3. Blog4. Virtual World5. Combination6. Other
Wiki: a website that lets visitors add,
remove, and edit content
Wikis in Law/Legal Education
Washburn Business Law Research course Civil Law Dictionary (Louisiana State University) Wex, Cornell Legal Information Institute Wikilaw-Meta Proposed by WikiMedia law
students, law faculty and practicing attorneys create a page of legal documents, legal research, and explanations of basic legal concepts.
Jurispedia Encyclopædic project of academic initiative devoted to worldwide law, legal and political sciences.
Wikiocracy : What if everyone could write the laws?
Wikis
Benefits• Collaboration
regardless of location
• Edit from anywhere there is an Internet connection
• No expensive software
• Can be used publicly or privately
Concerns
• Tracking Edits• Some, like PB wiki, only give you control over edits at the paid
level
• Security• Share with the world?• Passwords• Set up inside Intranet
• Confidentiality• Copyright
The Wiki vs. The Blog
WIKIS BLOGS
Focus on “creation” Captures process of
writing Open to
collaboration Content changes not
by time but by way of development
Text: dynamic, revised
Focus typically on monologue with commentary
Personal & Opinionated
Archival repository Less collaborative Text: static Dominantly
chronological
Blogs & Blawgs
Kansas Defenders maintained by Washburn Law faculty member Randall Hodgkinson.
Law Prof Blogs Indexes a variety of blogs from law professors around the country. Includes discussions on family law, law and religion, and other topics
Law professor blogs
Blogs / Blawgs
Benefits
• Opportunity to express views and opinions
• Format of Post/Comment… Post/Comment
• Archive of content• Tagging of content• Feeds
Concerns
• User must be careful on what is published. Potential employers for example may not approve content
• Sometimes communication is only one way
Folksonomies
Object
ME
TAGS
Tageru
Social Networking sites
MySpace
Friendster
Orkut (Google
Educational Use: Promote school activities
Post information and bulletins Market your school and recruit new students
Desktop Applications
Desktop-like Applications
Are students
using these
instead of Office or
WordPerfect?
Should IT staff
support these
applications?
Should the use of
these applicatio
ns be encourage
d?
Should a specific set of
applications be
endorsed? (Google Apps?
something else)
Desktop-like Applications
Benefits
• Collaboration regardless of location
• Easy to use and user friendly
• No expensive software• Not OS specific or
dependent
Concerns
• Privacy • (Data housed offsite)
• Limited features• No Internet = No
work• Dependent on site
availability 100%• Possible
discontinuance of service
Second Life: A 3-D virtual world entirely created by its residents
Educational Uses: Collaboration Distance Education Simulations Marketing & Recruiting Networking Delivering Content & Materials
Second Life: A 3-D virtual world entirely created by its residents
Second Life is being used as a new distance education tool for eLearning.
Second Life became available to the public in 2003. Since 2003, online classes and conferences have been held in SL.
Second Life Grows…
Alliance Library System and OPAL - teaming up to extend the programs currently offered online to librarians and library users in SL.
Librarians from all over the world are taking second lives and jobs in the SL.
Second Life Grows
May 2006 – a 65,000-square-mile island was donated and later became “InfoIsland” which is home to many libraries.
Many other islands exists. Cybrary City Islands are home to many public and academic RL libraries.
Second Life & Legal Education
Nova Southeastern Law Library on Cybrary City.
Seattle University School of Law taught a property law course. Students explored virtual property issues in SL as an avatar named Fizzy. Screen casts were produced on their findings. www.fizzysecondlife.blogspot.com/
Harvard School of Law – CyberOne & Evidence classes in SL.
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN LAW LIBRARY IN SECOND LIFE
Harvard Law’s CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public
Opinion Harvard Law School &
Harvard Extension School jointly offer a class in SL. (Fall 2006)
Charles Nessen and daughter Rebecca were the professors. Rebecca held office hours in SL. While Charles held them in RL.
The course used virtual world, blog, wiki, and podcasts.
Second Life: Democracy Island
New York Law School created a replica of the Supreme Court on Democracy Island. A picture representing each of the nine Supreme Court Justices links to their bio on Wikipedia.
Democracy Island was a capstone project.
SecondLife & Legal Professionals
JUDGE RICHARD POSNER ATTORNEY STEVAN LIEBERMAN
Posner had a Q&A session in SL and autographed virtual copies of his new book.
Has seven avatars and provides legal services in SL and earning real money.
“I’ve never met Judge Posner and in the real world don’t think I’d have a chance to meet him. But in SL I’m able to walk up, shake his hand and say hello.”
Our Second Life Avatars
JEWEL MAKDA IS:AMANI INNIS
BARBARA GINZBURG IS:NATASHA SELLERS
Do you feel Second Life can be used as a great tool for online
education?
Yes N
o
Not S
ure
33% 33%33%1. Yes2. No3. Not Sure
Quick “Web 2.0, Trivia” PBWiki was born
when? Who owns
del.icio.us? Who owns Blogger? Estimated number
of residents in Second Life as of June 2007?
How many libraries and librarians are in Second Life?
June 2005 Yahoo acquired it in
2005 Google acquired it in
2003 Over 7 million Over 100 libraries &
over 400 librarians and library science students in the Second Life Librarians group.
Contact Information
Our Wiki with additional information:http://caliweb20.pbwiki.com/
Contact Us @
jewel.brueggeman-makda@washburn.edu
barbara.ginzburg@washburn.edu
Washburn University School of Law Library