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quality teaching in promotion decisions (e.g. Ramsden et al.,

1995) and mainly emphasise research. There have been very

few studies that have looked at whether institutions provide

rewards not only for better teaching or for better research

but for demonstrations of the integration between teaching

and research” (Hattie and Marsh, 1996, p.529).

Lecturers may not have the motivation to devote the effort

and time to climb the learning curves of the software

packages and systems requirements to produce online,

interactive deliverables if they are not perceived as route to

academic advancement. This perception is dependent to a

great extent upon the actions of the institution and its

administrative systems.

Much has been said about the student but the lecturer also

experiences fear and trepidation with the development and

use of case studies their analysis and use. After all, in the eyes

of the student body he or she is judged by the quality of the

experience they take away with them. For the lecturer

analysis and delivery is the yardstick. However, if the e-

resource integrates lecture notes as an embedded resource,

self-assessment tests and worked analysis this will go some

way to aiding the university in its objectives of providing

students with more flexible and deliverable course materials.