The VR Court Room

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Episode Description

Academic Francine Ryan guides listeners through a virtual reality court room which is being developed by the Open University.

The Open University provides a unique place to learn with students dispersed around the UK and internationally.  This has spurred academics to be specialists in online legal education.  In this episode Solicitor and Senior Lecturer Francine Ryan describes a new virtual court room being developed to help train students.  She also raises a broader discussion on the use of legal tech for litigants in person, technology equity and the ethical questions that come into play through technology.

We always encourage listeners to undertake practical actions after listening to the episode.
 
 -       Try using different large language models of AI e.g. Chat GPT.  Put a legal question in and see what the quality of the answer is.
 -       Look at the virtual reality court room at https://www5.open.ac.uk/scholarship-and-innovation/scilab/blog/virtual-reality-courtroom-project
-       Look at the free courses and content that is produced by the Open University https://www.open.edu/openlearn/

Useful resources  
-       Studying law at the Open University https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/choose/ppclaw?ps_kw=the%20open%20university%20law&cid=sem-9237400975&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA-P-rBhBEEiwAQEXhH89bQ9lPIakzJ2QT3wE6SVMQv_wdjcW-BfHrYGAGFVEXSzYrzxkReBoCDF0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds