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Academic Francine Ryan guides listeners through a virtual reality court room which is being developed by the Open University.\xa0

The Open University provides a unique place to learn with students dispersed around the UK and internationally.\xa0 This has spurred academics to be specialists in online legal education.\xa0 In this episode Solicitor and Senior Lecturer Francine Ryan describes a new virtual court room being developed to help train students.\xa0 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.\xa0

We always encourage listeners to undertake practical actions after listening to the episode.
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\xa0-\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0Try using different large language models of AI e.g. Chat GPT.\xa0 Put a legal question in and see what the quality of the answer is.
\xa0-\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0Look at the virtual reality court room at https://www5.open.ac.uk/scholarship-and-innovation/scilab/blog/virtual-reality-courtroom-project
-\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0Look at the free courses and content that is produced by the Open University https://www.open.edu/openlearn/

Useful resources \xa0
-\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0Studying 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

-\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0ChatGPT https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt \xa0