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Cook up a case study

Cook up a case study. Ros Smith. Joint Information Systems Committee. Supporting education and research. What is the purpose of a case study?. Record processes and document evidence eg from a project or an activity? Tell a story from a particular perspective eg the practitioner’s view?

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Cook up a case study

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  1. Cook up a case study Ros Smith Joint Information Systems Committee Supporting education and research

  2. What is the purpose of a case study? • Record processes and document evidence eg from a project or an activity? • Tell a story from a particular perspective eg the practitioner’s view? • Summarise a longer activity so as to identify and highlight its key points? • Building capacity - encouraging interest and confidence amongst others to undertake new challenges? • Building capacity - developing higher level skills in others through (eg) analysis of learning designs, project planning and evaluation techniques? • Sustain a community through sharing of best practice? • Providing sharable, possibly runnable, examples of learning designs, with the case study as ’the instructions on the tin’?

  3. Some examples • Tangible benefits – infoNet • TechDis • Effective Practice guides – e-Learning programme • Higher Education Academy • QIA and Ofsted Good Practice database • Project outputs eg D4L Programme • Ferl + acLearn • Your own institution

  4. Why we need to know? • To develop more effective searchable databases of exemplars • To empower or build communities of practice • To capture current practice and even influence future direction of e-learning • To contribute to a body of evidence on pedagogies associated with e-learning in ways that are meaningful to others • To provide effective cohesive messages across programmes of research • To make best use of print publications and web based resources

  5. Cook up a case study Activity • Work in twos and threes to identify your six main requirements from a case study on e-portfolios • Complete the two columns on your worksheet with the outcomes for a) print and b) web • Share your choices with others on your table. There is a comments column for recording interesting comparisons and differences

  6. Some aspects to consider • Length • Level of detail • Objectivity v. particular viewpoint? • Approach - lessons learnt, or exemplars of good practice? • Readability eg highlighting of key points, explanation of jargon and avoidance of language specific to narrow communities of practice • Evidence eg data relating to benefits • Inspiration eg testimonies + quotes • Recommendations arising from the practice eg advice on implementation • Relevance to a surrounding discussion eg using representations of practice to illustrate and clarify

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