Toolwire's Immersive Learning Environments engage students with photorealistic, virtual environments that combine video interaction and real-world context. "Real-life" characters guide students through an experience that delivers learning content, assesses progress, and provides remediation. Contextually sensitive assessments are integrated naturally into the flow of the storyline, thereby helping to preserve the student experience.

UEL approached Toolwire in response to The Law Society of England and Wales' Training Framework Review (TFR). As the Review states: "The traditional law degree has become somewhat ossified. The lecture/seminar format is still an underwhelming student experience for learning."

In addition, the TFR recommended the adoption of clinical approaches, non-traditional assessment, and work-based learning as an "effective and welcome addition to the learning experiences of both students and trainees", which was endorsed by the UK Centre for Legal Education.

UEL sought a learning solution that would enable students to apply plea mitigation concepts and practices in virtual environments with real-world implications and applications.

"We recognised that Toolwire's development of immersive learning environments offered an ideal technological solution to create an experiential learning tool for enhancing legal education at UEL", says Sarah Frame, Director of UELconnect.

"Undoubtedly, the strength of the working relationship and effective teamwork between Toolwire and UEL contributed significantly to the success of this innovative new course within such a short timeframe."

Initial student feedback from the new course has been extremely positive. In the words of one student, "I feel like I'm doing law, not just reading it." Another student reported, "It helps build a picture of what it is actually like to be in a practice."