An Integrated Approach to Information Literacy in Legal Education

The new teaching environment features flexible delivery, heavy use of technology, increased infusion of skills into the curriculum, large class sizes and overall, an increasing sophistication of the higher education teaching environment. Even in this environment, Erica McWilliams’ “teaching tech(no)...

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Main Authors: Robyn Carroll, Helen Wallace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bond University 2002-01-01
Series:Legal Education Review
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.53300/001c.6153
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