SHARING GOOD PRACTICE IN LEARNING AND TEACHING:
CASE STUDIES WIKI TEMPLATE
==The Case Studies Template==
This should take about 30-45 minutes to complete with some previous preparation.
You can choose which questions to answer. If you do not know how to answer a
question, or would prefer to have help filling this out, simply contact Nadine Wills at
N.Wills@sheffield.ac.uk or (0114) 22 20428. She can provide some assistance with
writing your Case Study if you would prefer.
The Case Studies can be submitted as part of the Sheffield Graduate Award (alongside
other participation) for 20-30 points under the “Activities supporting the Institution”
section.
You will need to send this form back to Nadine Wills. It will be inputted into the Wiki for
you. The academic that your Case Study refers to will then be contacted so that they
can contribute their thoughts to the Case Study as well.
Please answer one question in each section and the relevant information such as your
complete contact details and basic details of the module. However, please note that if
you answered every question, your Case Study would most likely be too long. So
please do not make your answers too detailed or exhaustive. However, please
remember that the tone here, while informal, is supposed to be academic
The point of these Case Studies is to give people a taste and idea of what you did, not
a blueprint of your exact activities. This way, readers can get ideas from what they read
about in summary form and follow up with you if they are interested in serious
collaboration. In this way, it is hoped that this Project will encourage increased
communication and exchange as well as an archive of teaching and learning.
Thank you for your time.
==Name==
==Module==
Please list the code and module title.
Are you presently enrolled in this module or have you completed it?
==Lecturer==
Please list the name of your lecturer and seminar leader.
==Title==
Please choose a descriptive title that emphasises the skills used instead of simply
naming of the project or module this emerged from.
==Summary==
Please write this in 3rd person. This needs to describe who, what, when, where, how
and why in preferably 1 or 2 sentences. Nadine will most likely write this for you so do
not worry about this section.
==General Description==
Here are three questions that may give you some ideas of what to write in this section.
Please give a brief description of the approach in the module/seminar/project that you
are describing (100 words or less).
Do you think that this approach was being done consciously with a specific goal in
mind?
What did you do as part of this approach?
==Context==
Here are three questions that may give you some ideas of what to write in this section.
What level, year, discipline are you? How many other students are in your lectures? In
your seminars? Do all your seminars/lectures take place in the same location?
What is other important background information the Case Studies reader should know
(who was involved, where did it take place, in what context)?
How did this approach demand that you change or adapt your behaviour or working
methods?
==Resources==
Here are three questions that may give you some ideas of what to write in this section.
What resources did this approach require from you (meetings, reading, research,
money, planning, creative)?
Was the energy you put into this approach worth it?
Is the work expected from this approach realistic to expect in all your modules/from
your entire course?
==Issues==
Here are three questions that may give you some ideas of what to write in this section.
Did this approach cause any problems for you?
Could you identify potential problems with this approach in other areas?
Advice to others trying a similar approach?
==Benefits==
Here are three questions that may give you some ideas of what to write in this section.
What is a main strength of this approach?/How does it make things better?
What is of particular interest or innovative about this approach?
What is one technique people from other areas/disciplines could adapt?
==Evaluation==
Here are three questions that may give you some ideas of what to write in this section.
How did you judge this approach was successful? What evidence do you have?
Why do you recommend this approach?
How will this experience change your performance (in other modules, jobs etc.) in the
future?
==Other/Updates==
Here are three questions that may give you some ideas of what to write in this section.
Is there anything else you wish to add?
Do you have any quotations from staff or students that you can cite?
Where are you now? Update us on changes, recent successes, evolutions…
==Further Details==
Please fill out all these sections if possible.
Relevant articles/references and websites:
Supporting evidence (photos, multimedia files, relevant documents, links):
To discuss this Case Study/Contact Details: