Author Archives: Elmer Masters

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low Scheduling your Law School’s classes, events, exams, make-ups, meetings, etc. can be a daunting task. While there are many commercial solutions for handling room and building scheduling, they are expensive, and often times inflexible. Efficient building … Continue reading →

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low In the last 12 months, the Marquette Law School Media and Technology group has adopted several software tools and several administrative practices to promote collaboration. Technologists provide the foundation and framework, librarians provide the subject expertise, … Continue reading →

Audience: Library folksTechnical Level: Low Much is being written lately about both the long term risk to libraries in relying on vendor supplied online resources, and about the loss of valuable government information due to the GPO relying on online … Continue reading →

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low Distance education comes in many different styles. In addition to synchronous and asynchronous methods, there is also the medium used for transmitting the class, such as video-conferencing, web-based, or a combination of both. Each of these … Continue reading →

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low This session explores the issue of centralization (a.k.a. outsourcing) v. decentralization of IT and provides real life examples of what works and more importantly, when to proceed with caution. Are most IT services now a commodity … Continue reading →

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low Digital content is in demand. Call them ebooks, digital books, or electronic files – as laptop use continues to increase at law schools – students have begun to search for digital content that is portable, searchable, … Continue reading →

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Moderately Technical, but not past the ken of most Search engines help you find stuff, and customized search engines configured with your collections in mind are great tools for helping your audience and directing its attention toward … Continue reading →

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low Dozens of law schools are experimenting with podcasting as a delivery mechanism for distributing classroom lectures and special events–i.e., repackaging pre-existing content (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Exploring the creative potential of podcasting as … Continue reading →

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low Alumni wished they had it; recruiters demand it; students need it; faculty fight it. How can you successfully develop a practical course in Law Practice Management and meet the needs of all? Combining both practice management … Continue reading →

Audience: AnyoneTechnical Level: Low Apreso Classroom is an affordable automated lecture capture and Web publishing system that produces online versions of the classroom experience for on-demand student review. Permanently installed in the classroom, and operating without attendants, Apreso Classroom is … Continue reading →