Common features for the subject area report Law and Policy LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Summary Commonly used approaches to Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Law and Policy Methodology of identifying competences Table of educational activities for competences Description of the process of competence development (illustrating that subject specific are similar to generic) Commentary on each competence, summarizing the responses LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Subject area Law and Policy LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Commonly used approaches to Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Law and Policy (LEFIS) Law as subject directed to the formation of professionals experts in interpretation and application of juridical texts –It is normal the continuing education teaching in short courses related with ICT –No rules on the compulsory studies of the topics, but… –Code of practices for the use of ICT in the Courts (Spain): 26th February 2003, compulsory character –JuriTIC experience in Namur ( LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Methodology of identifying competences Subject: Law and Policy First step.- –Commonly used approaches to Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Continuing Education by LEFIS members Second step.- –Answers to the questionnaire, graduate and postgraduate: general competences –Answers to the questionnaire, employers: general competences Third Step.- –Answers to the questionnaire, industries of continuing education, General and specific competences: Law and Policy –Answers to the questionnaire, teachers of postgraduate courses, General and specific competences: Law and Policy Fourth Step.- –Proposal LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Answers to the questionnaire, graduate and postgraduate: ranking of general competences Professional importance 1.Capacity to learn 2.Elementary computing skills 3.Will to succeed 4.Information management skills (ability to retrieve and analyze information from different sources) 5.Capacity to adapt to new situations 6.Concern for quality 7.Problem solving 8.Oral and written communication in your native language 9.Ability to work autonomously University level 1.Basic general knowledge in the field of study 2.Concern for quality 3.Ability to work autonomously 4.Teamwork 5.Will to succeed 6.Oral and written communication in your native language 7.Capacity to adapt to new situations 8.Capacity to learn 9.Elementary computing skills LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Answers to the questionnaire, employers: ranking of general competences University level 1.Appreciation of diversity and multiculturalism 2.Will to succeed 3.Grounding in basic knowledge of the profession in practice 4.Oral and written communication in your native language 5.Information management skills (ability to retrieve and analyze information from different sources) 6.Elementary computing skills 7.Capacity to learn 8.Ethical commitment 9.Concern for quality Professional importance 1.Will to succeed 2.Planning and time management 3.Concern for quality 4.Capacity for analysis and synthesis 5.Capacity for applying knowledge in practice 6.Elementary computing skills 7.Capacity to learn 8.Capacity to adapt to new situations 9.Problem solving LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

First initial conclusion Number of answers: –Graduate and postgraduate 36 –Employers 4 Deep differences between professional needs and universitary teaching offert

Law and Policy: Continuing Education Competences comparison: ranking Key subject specific competences 1.Understanding the characteristics of the Information Society 2.Understanding the electronic signature 3.Information Technology Law 4.Accessing legal texts 5.Producing Written Reports Key generic competences 1.Elementary computing skills (word processing, database, other utilities) 2.Capacity to learn 3.Decision-making 4.Ethical commitment 5.Capacity for analysis and synthesis LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Law and policy: Postgraduate Teachers Competences comparison: ranking Key subject specific competences 1.Information Technology Law 2.The Characteristics of the Information Society 3.Understanding of Professional ICT practice and business structure 4.Interpretation of legal texts in context 5.Application of legal texts in context Key generic competences 1.Critical and self-critical abilities 2.Elementary computing skills (word processing, database, other utilities) 3.Decision-making 4.Ethical commitment 5.Interpersonal skills LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Second initial conclusion Number of answers: –Law an policy: Continuing education 2 –Law and policy: Postgraduated teachers 13 Some approach between the specific and general competences

Table of educational activities for competences Answers to the questionnaire, industries of continuing education, Topics to teach: Law and Policy Answers to the questionnaire, teachers of postgraduate courses, Topics to teach: Law and Policy LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Law and Policy: Topics to teach Industries 1.The governance of electronic commerce through codes of practice. Basis for multi-cultural codes of practice for electronic commerce 2.Telecommunications in the courts and electronic justice 3.Electronic governance from a technical perspective. The principles for adapting its content and methodology to legal rules and to organisational operations 4.Intellectual and industrial property as regards the characteristics of computer programs and information systems. Establishing the legal basis for Regulatory proposals 5.The right to access to networks and inter-connections. Principles for the design and use of personal identification documents as mechanisms for access to networks LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Law and policy: Topics to teach Teachers of postgraduate studies 1.Telecommunications in the courts and electronic justice 2.The governance of electronic commerce through codes of practice. Basis for multi-cultural codes of practice for electronic commerce 3.Electronic governance from a technical perspective. The principles for adapting its content and methodology to legal rules and to organisational operations 4.Telecommunications and juridical activities: interpretation and application, access to documentation, elaboration of theories of Law, teaching and learning. 5.Intellectual and industrial property as regards the characteristics of computer programs and information systems. Establishing the legal basis for Regulatory proposals LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Third initial conclusion Number of answers: –Law an policy: Continuing education 2 –Law and policy: Postgraduated teachers 13 Basic agreement on the topics to teach: –Coincidence in four of five topics

Law and policy: Topics to teach Coincidences Electronic governance from a technical perspective. The principles for adapting its content and methodology to legal rules and to organisational operations. Intellectual and industrial property as regards the characteristics of computer programs and information systems. Establishing the legal basis for Regulatory proposals Telecommunications in the courts and electronic justice The governance of electronic commerce through codes of practice. Basis for multi-cultural codes of practice for electronic commerce LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Description of the process of competence development (illustrating that subject specific are similar to generic) Law and Policy: Continuing Education LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Law and Policy: Continuing Education Competences comparison [a reminder] Key subject specific competences 1.Understanding the characteristics of the Information Society 2.Understanding the electronic signature 3.Information Technology Law 4.Accessing legal texts 5.Producing Written Reports Key generic competences 1.Elementary computing skills (word processing, database, other utilities) 2.Capacity to learn 3.Decision-making 4.Ethical commitment 5.Capacity for analysis and synthesis LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Commentary on each competence, summarizing the responses Law and Policy: –Law as subject directed to the formation of professionals experts in interpretation and application of juridical texts LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006

Law and Policy subject competences LEFIS continuing education Proposal The Characteristics of the Information Society Understanding of electronic signature Information Technology Law Accessing legal texts Producing Written Reports LEFIS Continuing education Malta, 8th April 2006