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Cases
Suggested Process
1. Optional: to understand the goal of this seminar better, read the
introductory essay.
2. Read the
case your group is going to discuss.
3. Working alone: Please respond to these two
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? If you
think you encountered a problem like this, and 'solved'
it, please separate your description of the problem from
the description of the solution. A goal for this
discussion will be to consider alternative ways of
framing and responding to the problem.
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Suppose you were in a situation that was unfolding as
this case did in its early stages. What would you try
to notice about the situation, as it was unfolding, in
order to better understand what was happening and in
order to decide what to do?
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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 describe common
experiences and ways in which they agree and then
conflicting experiences and ways in which (if any) in which
they disagree. 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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