Guenter Hilmer - Phd Thesis - Glamorgan Dspace - University of ...

3.3 EFTECS at TLS-Layer 3 EFTECS
For example, the creation of a multimedia advertisement for the WWW could be
presented to the student as a case study. Each step of the production, from the
initial filming, digitalisation of the material, cutting of the material and finally the
output in a WWW compatible format can be described in a general way. After
that the student can view the different steps from different angles or perspectives,
e.g. those of a cameraman, a programmer, an animation specialist and so on. This
enables the student to get a more complete view of the specific tasks as well as the
global process. The following components of a Case-Study-TLS are considered to
be necessary for the creation of an instance of the Case-Study-TLS. The suggested
meta-information can be seen in table 3.
Case study meta-information
Table 3: Case study meta-information
Different sub-types of a case study that can be created with the EFTECS hence-
forth are:
• Linear
The student navigates through the case study in a linear way. The different
views on the different tasks cannot be investigated by the student. The main
focus is on the general process.
• Circular
The student can navigate through the different views and angles of a specific
part of the case study, for example a business case can be viewed from the
viewpoint of a developer, an accountant and a client. The student’s main
focus is on one specific task or role of the case study.
• Free
The student can navigate freely through the case study either in a linear way,
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