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Book, Dragon Naturally, Fireworks, ClaroRead, Articulate,

Mindjet etc., as well as architectural constructs embedded in

software packages such as Articulate.

A practical example of the e-resource case study is provided

by Gallagher & Fordyce (2014) where they attempt to create

a learning resource based on the marriage of both the

passive and active elements of Diagram 2.

CONCLUSIONS

The process of case study analysis is simply a means of

making sense of large, complex, unstructured, problems. It

provides insight into the building blocks and the relationships

which bind and influence them and which in turn, are used

by the individual in conjunction with his or her own

intellectual and intuitive abilities to form these rational

solutions. However, for many students fear manifests when

faced for the first time with this unknown methodology.

Consequently, the first introduction to the case method is

extremely important and should therefore be given due

consideration by the lecturer as a means of settling the

student into a deeper and more productive method of

analysis. To this end, doing the ice breaker case study

Gallagher & Fordyce (2014) and drawing out the analysis and

showing relationships and possible interpretations is