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Improving Case Based Learning in Higher Education

Utilizing Semantic Web Technologies

By Patrick Carmichael, Katy Jordon, Frances Tracy, Kate Litherland, Simon Morris, Agustina Martinez Garcia, Uma Patel

To Be Published January 15th 2014 by Routledge – 176 pages

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    Description

    Learning with cases lets students engage with authentic and complex problems and gain experience with diverse and unpredictable outcomes. Emerging technologies can support and enhance case-based learning, letting teachers and students develop learning environments as never before – but this will require responsive and participatory approaches to research, design, and development.

    The authors demonstrate how participatory approaches can help make educational technologies transformative, and interdisciplinary case studies show how new methods can inform:

    • curriculum development and course redesign
    • the introduction of case-based teaching and learning, student research projects, and technology-enhanced learning environments across disciplines
    • the development of interactive learning resources for lectures, seminars, online environments, and independent learning

    While exploring the interplay of technology and pedagogy, Improving Case Based Learning in Higher Education addresses the importance of participatory approaches, how to deal with complexity and change, and the nature of diverse learning environments.

    Contents

    1. Introduction

    2. Learning from and with Cases

    3. Web Technologies – Versions 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0

    4. Designing and Developing Technologies for Case Based Learning

    5. Case Study 1: Higher Education Studies

    6. Case Study 2: Journalism

    7. Case Study 3: Marine Operations & Management

    8. Case Study 4: Plant Evolution

    9. Case Study 5: Contemporary Dance

    10. Theorising Cases of Learning and Technology

    Appendix 1. The Conduct of the Research

    Appendix 2. Further Sources of Information

    References

    Name: Improving Case Based Learning in Higher Education: Utilizing Semantic Web Technologies (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Patrick Carmichael, Katy Jordon, Frances Tracy, Kate Litherland, Simon Morris, Agustina Martinez Garcia, Uma Patel. Learning with cases lets students engage with authentic and complex problems and gain experience with diverse and unpredictable outcomes. Emerging technologies can support and enhance case-based learning, letting teachers and students develop learning...
    Categories: Higher Education, Open & Distance Education and eLearning, Teaching & Learning