Computer-Aided Instruction in Law: Theories, Techniques, and Trepidations |
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| Authors: | Roger Park Russell Burris |
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| Institution: | Roger Park is Professor of Law, University of Minnesota, and Affiliated Scholar, American Bar Foundation. A.B., Harvard, 1964;J.D., Harvard, 1969.;Russell Burris is Professor and Director, Consulting Group on Instructional Design, University of Minnesota. A.B., University of Colorado, 1949;Ph.D., Indiana University, 1958. |
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| Abstract: | Legal education is only beginning to make use of the technological capabilities of computers as a medium for instructional design. In this article the authors show the applicability of computer-assisted instruction to law through programmed instructional techniques. They trace the two decades of development of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in law, the use and misuse of the computer's capabilities, the impact of CAI on law student attitudes and performance, and the positive student endorsement. They carefully analyze the computer's capacity for use in memory drills, tutorial sessions, and simulation exercises. They do not offer an unrestricted endorsement of the computer's capabilities but hope for the continuing development of CAI in the legal education process. |
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