Important information about the context of the case as well as the background and attitudes of certain characters may be found in some of this material. Although there are no audio or video ancillaries to access, there is visual material which could provide some non-verbal overtones students may find helpful in their discussions and analysis. An on-line reading of all the case materials also provides a good advance organizer for understanding the flow and scope of the narration. The content to be addressed by the team's proposed instructional designs may be unfamiliar to most students. Clicking on any of these bookmarks will take users to a site on the Web where content materials may be found which might be useful for designing instruction.
Most people find it useful to print out the case for closer reading.
A printout of this file makes it unnecessary to download and print each e- mail message individually. You may find it helpful to use this model in discussing the case as well. This approach, which provides a process for enhancing problem solving skills and reflection, can be used flexibly. While you may wish to begin by identifying the issues, it might be equally as helpful to derive the issues from a discussion of the differing perspectives of the leading players in the case. We believe that it is important that students are able to defend the choices they make in developing design projects.