Case study provides the opportunity for students to evaluate a real-world scenario in an open-ended manner.
Before
- Pick a scenario which could be fictional or a real-world situation. Make sure it has connection and relevance to the video lectures your students would have watched before the class.
- Prepare a list of prompting questions to facilitate discussion.
- Provide necessary stationeries / tools during discussion.
During
- Consider breaking the student cohort into groups of 5-10 people.
- Introduce the case study scenario.
- Allow discussion to be student-led and encourage students to use the prompting questions prepared.
- Provide students with stationeries (e.g. pen, paper, board) or online tools to record key points for their discussion.
- Encourage students to be flexible and creative in thinking of alternatives and options to a case problem. Do not be rigid about where the discussions naturally lead.
- You can walk around the class to ensure that students are being conscious about time and re-focus group discussions, when necessary.
Note: If this activity is to be done online, use Zoom Breakout Rooms to divide student cohort into smaller discussion groups.
After
- Allow each / selected student groups to provide a concluding statement or key highlights of discussion.
- Emphasise take-home message.
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