| Case Studies This
page includes examples of Web-enabled case studies from the fields of
 Human Resource
Management
Texaco
Racial Discrimination Case
Shelton Rhodes, MGMT 571.191 (Human Resource Management*), Bowie State University
This assignment asks students to examine a 1994 Texaco race discrimination suit in
order to understand the relationship between equal opportunity and the legal environment.
Combining course readings with online information, students are required to work in groups
and produce position papers outlining the legal steps involved between the
employer/plaintiff(s) and the legal strategies followed relative to the case.
Utilizing a Webquest
format, this assignment suggests how online resources can serve as background material in
understanding specific issues and cases.
*Human Resource Management is a pilot course in the Web Initiative in Teaching
(WIT) project administered by the University System of Maryland's Institute for Distance Education.
This example features the use of Web sites.
Nursing
Acute
Low Back Pain (Sample Preview)
School of Nursing, Continuous Learning Project, Wichita State University
This is part of an interactive diagnostic module for a a 39-year-old female complaining
of low back pain. The module presents a photograph of the patient, an initial presentation
algorithm, and information about her vital signs; it then asks students to make a
generalized differential diagnosis. Students enrolled in this course could choose a course
of treatment for the patient involving lab work, physical examination, discussion of case
history, or x-rays.
Though this sample preview contains only partial information, it suggests how nursing
case studies may be delivered online in such a way that full presenting information,
diagnostic criteria, and decision making tools may all be rendered accessible through the
same interface.
This example features the use of text, images, and scripts.
Urban Geography
Machine Space: A Case Study in Urbanization and Environment
Kenneth E. Foote and Shannon Crum, the Virtual Geography Department Project,
University of Texas at Austin
Machine space is where machines have priority over humans in the use of territory (for
example, parking lots). In this assignment, students are asked to consider how much of a
city's built environment is occupied by machine space and whether the amount of machine
space is correlated with land use or distance from the city center.
The assignment presents background information on the concept of machine space and the
effects urbanization has on the environment, then includes step-by-step instructions for
conducting a case study near the student's home or school. In the end, students are asked
to to use online resources and geographic information systems (GIS) technology to produce
their own map of a local machine space area.
This assignment demonstrates how the Web can be used to render accessible all the
information and resources needed to conduct competent research on a specialized topic.
This assignment was developed for the Geographer's
Craft Project and distributed through the Virtual
Geography Department Project now at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The
Geographer's Craft contains over a dozen problem-based online modules and the Virtual
Geography Department serves as a gateway to a rich repository of linked resources and
curriculum materials in the discipline.
This example features the use of text and images.
Veterinary Science
Case Studies in
Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine
Mark D. Kittleson, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California,
Davis
This site contains 21 cases supplemented with textbook materials. Each case is
presented as a separate study with full presenting information and charts showing
examination outcomes. Students are asked to decide on a diagnosis for each case; their
answers are then compared with the correct answers, and there is follow-up discussion and
an explanation for the diagnosis.
The site's organization suggests how putting case studies online can aid professional
development and training. Veterinary students practicing their skills on these modules
will be encouraged to think in terms of the discourse of their field and propose valid
treatment options based on the information at their disposal.
This example features the use of text, images, and scripts.
This project is a joint initiative of the Center for the Virtual University and the Center for Teaching and Learning
at UMUC.
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