Learning from each other’s experience should not apply only to learners. The same could apply to the legal lecturers. These days, when this happens online we call these social networks: Learning Networks.
A Learning Network for professionals offers opportunities to its members to engage online with each other and share knowledge and experiences in a non-formal learning setting. The Learning Network focuses on the individual professional’s employability concerns, translated into competence development needs and catered for in ways that best serve their interests.
I do not see these Learning Networks yet develop in the legal area. Yes, there are books, magazines, institutes, blogs, research etc. for sharing knowledge and experience. However, these do not replace the added functionality and dynamics of Legal Learning Networks as described in a recent study (Dutch).
But I do increasingly see a tendency for legal lecturers to share their experience. Yesterday I explored the website of McGill Faculty of Law. They devoted a page to the teaching experiences of their lecturers. Useful information and an example to follow. It might even inspire some to lay the foundation for a true Legal Learning Network.