Online Case Study (Phase 4 student managed / open projects)

Examples

Real life cases, test cases, exemplar cases, student’s own cases

Best Practice Model for Online Case Studies

Real-world Scenario

Supporting data and Documents

Open-ended Problem

(Penn State University, see  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cases/casewhat.html)

Student Activities

• Student participates in range of discussions with tutor, students and experts
• Student is engaged in relating task to their own personal, vocational and academic needs
• Students obtain feedback from a range of sources - tutor, students and experts
• Student manages response to case study

Tutor Activities

• Tutor facilitates range of dialogues
• Tutor designs task for student involvement
• Tutor offers advice on procedures and resources
• Tutor constructs the task

Further Guidance

Best Practice Models, case studies, how-to tutorials and online forums about creating and using online case-studies are all available in the Best Practice Models for E-learning Community at  http://crusldi1.staffs.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=9&topic=6

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