PLE and technology

Webinars and videos

• Helping library users find good legal information – A webinar for library staff across Ontario
  This webinar, provided by CLEO, is designed for library staff who help library users find legal information. It will provide tools and strategies for helping library users find accurate, accessible legal information to begin to address their legal issues. 1 hour 15 minutes in duration. Presented by Michelle Cader of CLEO. (March 2015)
• Finding legal information through CLEO: a Webinar for Credit Counselling Society of Canada
  This webinar from CLEO provides tools and strategies for helping your clients find accurate, accessible legal information to begin to address their legal issues. It covers the following topics: CLEO’s online and print information; how to find specific legal information through CLEO; working through consumer law case scenarios to find online legal information. 1 hour 14 minutes in duration. Presented by Michelle Cader of CLEO. (March 2015)
• Online tools for measuring impact
  This PLEI Connect webinar has information on how to use free or low-cost online tools to measure the impact of your program, online user testing tools and metrics important for evaluating your social media plan. 1 hour 7 minutes in duration. Presented by Fiona MacCool of Your Legal Rights. (June 2013)
• Online tools for measuring impact
  This PLEI Connect webinar has information on how to use free or low-cost online tools to measure the impact of your program, online user testing tools and metrics important for evaluating your social media plan.  1 hour 7 minutes in duration. Presented by Fiona MacCool of Your Legal Rights. (June 2013)

• Writing for the web and SEO
  This PLEI Connect webinar gives tips on how to write for the web and how to improve the chances of your site being found using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques. 1 hour in duration.  Various presenters from Open Road.  (April 2013)

• Delivering PLEI training using technology
  This PLEI Connect webinar provides tips on designing and delivering interactive webinars, best practices in legal webinars, online courses for poverty advocates and live-streaming your event on a limited budget.  1 hour 12 minutes in duration.  Various presenters. (February 2013)
• PLE for mobile:
  This PLEI Connect webinar has information about developing websites and a public legal education app for mobile use, as well as using quick response (QR) codes for prompt access to web information by mobile phone.  1 hour 5 minutes in duration.  There is also an interactive 3 hour web lab available via this link.  Presented by the BC Legal Services Society and the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta.  (January 2013)
• Web analytics for PLEI projects
  This PLEI Connect webinar, Stay out of the weeds!, provides information on the web analytics that matter for your PLEI project.  1 hour 15 minutes in duration. Presented by Bryan Robertson from Open Road (English) and Stéphane Hamel of Cardinal Path (French) (December 2012)
• Creating and maintaining a bilingual website
  This PLEI Connect webinar gives tips on how to develop and maintain a seamless bilingual website within a limited budget.  Presented by Educaloi and Public Legal Education and Information Services of New Brunswick.  1 hour in duration. (November 2012)
• Is It Reliable? – 7 Clues to Good Legal Information Online
  Short presentation video (4 minutes 15 seconds).  Created by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (CPLEA) (September 2012)

Reports, papers, and presentations

• Report from Just a Click Away Conference 
  This report describes practices in using technology to provide public legal education and strategies on how these practices can be developed and supported.  Produced by Courthouse Libraries B.C. (March 2011) (PDF 2.4 MB)
• Findings of the Settlement.Org evaluation survey
  Paper summarizing the findings of an internal qualitative survey conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Settlement.org website.  The purpose of  the survey is to provide an accurate picture of users, assess the usability of the website for new comers, and obtain feedback and suggestions. (2013) (PDF 720 KB)
• Older people, technology and community
  A UK paper exploring the potential of technology to help seniors renew or develop social contacts and to engage actively in their communities through the use of technology.  Prepared by Independent Age. (PDF 482 KB)

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