EPIC Case Studies

Part 1:

As part of your teaching semester in EPIC, you will create a case study that shares an aspect of or lens on your course with others in the program.

PURPOSE:

Our purpose is to give you an opportunity for reflection even as you’re deep into teaching, and for others to see and support you in your approaches to online learning. Also, we know that design is a continuous process — how you respond and adjust during course delivery is as important as the design decisions you made months ago. This is your opportunity to talk and get feedback on the stuff you didn’t design for, or that surprised or confounded you anyway.

CREATE:

1. A video (maximum 8 minutes, please) in which you tell a story about your course as it relates to the weekly theme. We recommend using Kaltura Personal Capture.
2. A one-paragraph framing of the video that includes at least two questions/conundrums for discussion. What’s still unresolved for you as you think through this “case”? What’s potentially unresolvable?

GUIDELINES:
  • You must offer some kind of focus — this is not just a tour of your course or explanation of the week’s theme, but explores a particular aspect, innovation, sticking point, moment in time, etc. For example, you may choose to create a case study out of your use of rubrics for discussion, or out of addressing sensitive topics in the online space.
  • Case studies are most engaging when they are narrative. Tell us a story! What did you expect? What happened / is happening? What’s worked? What’s unresolved (cliffhanger!)?
SHARE:

Share your case study in the #case-studies channel in our EPIC Slack team.  Throughout the week, you will be responsible for responding to colleagues in Slack. This discussion should help generate strategies for you as you work through your case in real-time. Regardless, you’ll want to pay attention and even keep a record of discussion, as you may want to factor it into Part 2 of this project.

Part 2:

The EPIC program is a commitment, and the course you build and teach is something to showcase. At the end of your teaching semester, we ask that you revise and repurpose your case study to create a “Showcase Open Course” to share on CTL’s CTL resource site (see examples on CTL). You will follow the conventions of the other courses listed by offering a guiding question/focus, a summary of the course in-action, and either a link to the course (if the course is open) or a link to a revised version of the video story you created in Part 1.