Do we need to use a Best Appropriate Technology standard for Technology Enhanced Learning in legal education?

Abstract

This paper identifies that technology is often used in an educational context for non-pedagogical reasons. These reasons include the novelty factor, a drive for more and continual innovation, cost saving and the belief that technology is the solution to all the education world’s ills. The paper then identifies a new approach which could be used to model the Best Appropriate Technology for any given task, and outlines a worked example of the model. The conclusion is that this model, and an accompanying database, have the potential to be of great use across Legal Education in specific, as well as the HE Sector more widely.