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Faculty Development Home l
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List of TLT Cases l
Discussion Guide l Criteria for
Cases
Suggested Process
1. Optional: for participants who have not previously
participated in a TLT case study seminar like this, read the
introductory essay.
2. Read the
case your group is going to discuss.
3. Working alone: Please respond to these questions:
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Have you ever seen or experienced a situation anything
like this? Describe what happened in the situation you
know about. What went wrong? Why? (Even if you
think you encountered a problem like this, and 'solved'
it, just describe teh problem not your solution.) (If no
one in the group has ever encountered a problem like
this, you should probably switch to another case.)
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Realistically, how many different causes might result in
'symptoms' such as those described in the case? List as
many as you can think of.
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Can
you think of any additional facts to collect, facts not
mentioned in the case, that would help you decide which
factors to deal with when trying to respond to the
problem?
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Make an assumption about what has caused these symptoms.
What might you then do in order to make the best of
this situation?
4. Discussion: Each participant should describe their
answers to the questions above. After each participant
speaks, other participants should first play the 'believing
game' (begin by agreeing with what has been said, and then
add to that statement if you can). Then, if appropriate,
participants can disagree and suggest alternatives. Goals for the group's discussion:
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As a group,
discover as many different ways of
understanding and responding to this problem as
possible, and share as many relevant, useful experiences
as possible in the process. The benefits from
a case discussion such as this come from the
painfully-won wisdom shared by participants. The role of
the case itself is simply to trigger this exchange of
perspectives and experiences.
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Shed light on underlying concepts, in the way that, in
the introductory essay, the discussion of obscenity in
the chat room shed new light on the idea of 'empowering
technologies.'
Revised November 3, 2008 -
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