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LAW
SCHOOL VIDEOCONFERENCING SURVEY -
Sep 2004
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Technology
Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
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PLEASE
RETURN BY THU, 7 OCT 2004 for inclusion in presentation at
Pedagogy
to Practice: Maximizing Legal Education
with Technology
(ABA
conference at Rutgers - Newark, Oct 15-16, 2004)
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Fax
to: 785 232-8087 (attn: John
Christensen)
Email
to: john.christensen@washburn.edu
Voice:
785 231-1010 ext. 1658 (office/voice mail)
785 231-1088 (library - human can take
message)
Web
page with survey form (html) and tables where responses will initially be
reported
are at: http://jechristensen.com
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1. Name of Law
School________________________________________________
2. City and
State____________________________________________________
3. Date survey completed and
sent____________________________________
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KEY
CONTACTS
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4. Name, title, phone, email of PERSON
COMPLETING SURVEY:
5. Which unit handles day-to-day VIDEO
CONFERENCING services at the law school?
_____ Law Library
_____ Law School Computing
_____ Law School Instructional Media
Services
_____ University Computer Services
_____ University Instructional Media
Services
_____ Other (please
identify):_______________________________________
_____ We don't currently utilize
videoconferencing
6. URL of the web page that describes your law
school's videoconferencing
capabilities and
services:_______________________________________________
7. Name, title, phone, email of TECHNICAL
PERSON who oversees day-to-day
VIDCEO CONFERENCING operations for your
law school (if same as no. 1
above, write "same"):
8. Name, title, phone, email of
ADMINISTRATIVE/PERMISSION PERSON to contact
for setting up a videoconference (if
different from no. 4; if same,
write "same"):
9. Is your law school planning to participate
in CALI's CODEC initiative
(COnsortium for Distance Education from
CALI)?
_____ Yes _____ No _____
Don't know
Name, title, phone, email of your law
school's CALI-CODEC contact person:
10. Who
is the best FACULTY or ADMINISTRATIVE person (e.g., Associate Dean,
Faculty Technology Committee Chair,
Library Director) to contact for
questions about your law school's interest
in a particular VC
opportunity (e.g., multi-point
videoconference on a specific subject) or
or your plans for utilizing
videoconferencing for distance learning or
other applications? (name, title, phone,
email)
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EXPERIENCE
AND/OR INTEREST IN VIDEOCONFERENCING
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11a. Has any faculty member at your school EVER
utilized videoconferencing?
_____ To bring a guest lecturer or
presenter into a class or part of
a
class session?
_____ To teach or cooperate with an
off-site instructor to conduct
an entire semester-length
course?
11b. Approximately how many class-related
videoconference sessions were
conducted at your law school during
FY2003-04?
_____ None
_____ Several
_____ About one a month
_____ About one a week
_____ Several per week
_____ Daily
11c. Please
provide the NAMES and major SUBJECT INTERESTS of faculty who
have ANY EXPERIENCE utilizing
videoconferencing for class instruction.
(These names will not be put on the
Web. They will be placed in a
spreadsheet and contacted for permission
to release to a possible
clearinghouse for law faculty interested
in utilizing VC.)
11d. Please
provide the NAMES and major SUBJECT INTERESTS of faculty who
may be willing to EXPERIMENT with
videoconferencing.
(These names will not be put on the
Web. They will be placed in a
spreadsheet and contacted for permission to release to a
possible
clearinghouse for law faculty interested
in utilizing VC.)
12. Which of the following videoconferencing
applications were utilized at
your law school some time during FY2003-04?
_____ a. Special speakers for a class
session, student group or
the entire student body
_____ b. Student interviews with
prospective employers
_____ c. Interviews with potential
candidates for faculty or staff
positions at your law school
_____ d. Continuing Legal Education
presentations
_____ e. Professional or administrative
committee meetings
_____ f. Judicial or administrative
proceedings conducted at the
law school
_____ g. Clinical applications (e.g.,
remote depositions, client
inteviews)
_____ h. Courses or class sessions taught
jointly with another U.S.
law school. Please identify
partnering school(s):
________________________________________________________
_____ i. Courses or class sessions taught
jointly with another law
school outside the United States.
Please identify
school(s) and nation(s):________________________________
_____ j. Other. Please identify:___________________________________
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13. Approximately how many non-classroom
videoconferencing sessions were
conducted at your law school during
FY2003-04? ___________
14.
Please describe your tech staff's familiarity with the vc equipment:
_____ At least one person is very familiar
_____ Equipment is seldom used so staff is
not very familiar
_____ Other (please
describe)_______________________________________
(This information will not be placed
on the Web. Anonymous
aggregate responses may be reported.)
15.
Which statements below most accurately describe your law school's
current experience with or interest in
videoconferencing (check those
that apply):
_____ a. We have had equipment for several
years and its use has
become routine.
_____ b. We have had equipment for several
years but frankly it
is not being utilized extensively.
_____ c. We have equipment and are interested
in learning about
other law schools that also have VC capability.
_____ d. We are in the process of
acquiring equipment and should
have capability before Jan 1, 2005.
_____ e. We are in the process of
acquiring equipment and should
have capability by Sep 1, 2005.
_____ f. We are actively exploring the
possibility of acquiring
equipment and will probably
make a decision some time
this fiscal year (2004-05).
_____ g. We are not interested in
videoconferencing at this time
and are unlikely to acquire equipment in the next few
years.
_____ h. Other. Please
describe:________________________________
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FACILITIES
AND EQUIPMENT
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16. Which of the following videoconferencing
facilities are available at
your law school?
_____
a. None at the law school
_____
b. We utilize facilities elsewhere on campus
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c. Roll-around unit(s). How
many? (Please identify brand,
model, year of purchase)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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d. Conference room(s) with permanently installed equipment
for use by individuals or small groups of 2-5. How many?
(Please identify brand, model, year of purchase for VC
equipment)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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e. Seminar room(s) with permanently installed equipment for
use by groups of 1-20. How many?
(Please identify brand,
model, year of purchase for
equipment.)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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f. Large classroom(s) with permanently installed VC equipment
for use by classes of 50 or more.
How many? (Please
identify brand, model, year of purchase for equipment.)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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g. Court Room with permanently installed eqipment for use in
mock or actual proceedings and/or for presentations.
(Please identify brand, model, year of purchase for VC
equipment.)
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
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h. Desk Top unit for Reference Desk in Law Library
_____
i. Other. Please
identify___________________________________
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CONNECTIVITY
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17. Please indicate all that apply:
_____ a. We utilize ONLY dedicated ISDN
phone lines for
videoconferencing.
_____ b. We utilize ONLY IP/Internet for
videoconferencing.
_____ c. We can utilize EITHER ISDN OR
IP/Internet for video-
conferencing.
_____ d. We are equipped to handle
point-to-point video-
conferencing only.
_____ e. We are equipped to handle
multi-point videoconferencing.
_____ f. We utilize an external service
for multi-point video-
conferencing.
Please identify your service provider: ________________
_______________________________________________________
_____ g. Our university is participating
in Internet2.
18. Please describe the quality (speed,
bandwith) of your ISDN connection
used for videoconferencing:
_____ a. 128 kbps (1 line)
_____ b. 256 kbps (2 lines simultaneously)
_____ c. 384 kbps (3 lines simultaneously)
19. Please describe the quality (speed,
bandwidth) of your Internet
connection used for videoconferencing:
_____ a. Fractional T-1
_____ b. T-1
_____ c. Better than T-1
20. Any additional COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS about
this survey:
Thank
you for your time and attention to this survey! Hopefully, the
results
will be helpful to all law schools as we seek to make effective
use of
our videoconferencing capabilities.
John E.
Christensen, Library Director
and Professor of Law
Washburn
University School of Law
Topeka,
KS 66621
Member,
Technology Committee
ABA
Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
email
john.christensen@washburn.edu
fax 785-232-8087 (attn: John Christensen)