RSA # 1- Cased Based Learning

Cased Based Learning: Using Digital Resources

Michelle Anderson

Concordia University Chicago

September 7, 2014

Case Based Learned with a Digital Resource

Case based learning a topic of great interest to educators, is a way for students to engage in a learning environment oriented for interactions with peers, a web based foundation, and real life issues. This model is a problem-solving paradigm that is different from other models of learning. Development and Analysis of Web-based Discussion System for Elementary School Students (2012), promotes the use of redesigning traditional instruction and supporting it with systems that are well develop and web based. Students completely emerged in web-based case studies have been shown to lose motivation due to the lack of face to face interactions, therefore a hybrid version of a web based system is proven to be far more beneficial.  In the web-based system for elementary students, children are encouraged to be reflective and self-regulated in their learning environment. Much like the text examined in EDU6030, the student becomes the most active participant in the class while the teacher becomes the facilitator of the learning.

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Children’s Mathematical Thinking for Elementary School Teachers (2009), helps explain why case based learning along with a digital learning environment is a rich learning experience for most students. In the study, students are given a real life situation in which they have to use the given facts and their own supplemental research to determine conclusions. Students can look at the mathematical problem as an opportunity to observe, discuss and reflect on their learning.  This environment should promote students’ analytical skills and allow them to arrive at a solution. The idea supports that of our class discussions as it found to be a beneficial tool in allowing children to arrive to their own conclusions about a certain problem. Instead of giving the solution, they reflect on their findings in a way that promotes true learning, understanding and a deep support of complex concepts.

Edutopia, an educational web blog, gives reasons to make case base learning a way to teach science topics such as; anthropology, zoology, or environmental science. Rob Riordian discovers how systematic observation and collaborative design in case base learning allows students to have experiences that create authentic moments in learning. Riordian’s ideas supports that of most teachers that understand case based learning, assignments with technology are allowing students to make something new of their learning.

References

        Goodenough, D. (1994).Education for Judgment Case-based Teaching and Problem-based           Learning. Retrieved from http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tscbt.

Jaemu L.& Jeong-hoon K. (2012). Development and Analysis of Web-based Discussion System for Elementary School Students. International Journal of u- and e- Service, Science and Technology.Vol. 5, 3.

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       Children’s Mathematical Thinking for Elementary School Teachers. European Journal of Teacher Education. Vol. 32, No. 2, 151–165.

       Riordan, R. (2013, January 17). Change the Subject: Making the Case for Project-Based   Learning. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-skills-changing-subjects-larry-rosenstock-rob-riordan.