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June 1, 2025

A Case Solving Guide with Videos

Looking to bring your business courses to life with real-world challenges and active learning? Discover our free, open-source experiential learning toolkit—a rich collection of video-based teaching resources built around solving business cases. This experiential approach focuses on learning by doing: students tackle real-world problems through case-solving, developing essential skills in critical thinking, strategic management, and leadership. Included in the toolkit are video-based explanations of the case-solving process and problem-based learning materials. This guide provides you with a full case-driven course of 8 weeks with interdisciplinary teaching videos; spread across weekly sessions of 100 minutes including a final student competition. All sessions are supported by a detailed lecture plan, a variety of cases, assignments, evaluation forms, and other supporting materials. Designed for undergraduate business education, this toolkit supports innovative pedagogy, combining interdisciplinary thinking with hands-on case analysis. Perfect for educators aiming to teach business through real problems, not just theory.

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Britta Stoelinga, Hans van Oudheusden

June 1, 2025

Week 3: Creating and Selecting Options

Around this video, a lesson has been built with specific learning objectives, activities, and supporting materials for students. The next steps in the case-solving cycle are being explained: generating and selecting solutions. Students explore ideation techniques like brainwriting and mind mapping to develop creative, practical ideas. Ground rules help keep the process focused, collaborative, and open. To evaluate ideas, the SFA framework (Suitability, Feasibility, Acceptability) is used to shortlist the most promising options. A real-world example shows how these tools lead to well-founded decisions. Finally, students learn to apply a decision-making matrix to compare options using relevant criteria. This lesson helps students move from insights to action by developing structured, team-driven solutions.

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Hans van Oudheusden, Britta Stoelinga

June 1, 2025

Week 6: Storytelling

Around an engaging video, a lesson has been built with specific learning objectives, activities, and supporting materials for students. They learn how to harness the power of storytelling to enhance their case presentations. The instructors explain why storytelling is an essential skill for structuring and communicating insights effectively. They introduce the “Red Line” method for creating a logical flow from problem to solution and share tips for creating visually compelling presentations. Key advice includes using simple, branded slides, focusing on visuals over text, and maintaining a clear structure. This lesson will guide students in using storytelling to create presentations that are not only informative but also engaging and memorable.

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Hans van Oudheusden, Britta Stoelinga

June 1, 2025

Week 5: The special Role of Finance

Around an informative video, a lesson has been built with specific learning objectives, activities, and supporting materials for students. In clear language and step by step, it is explained why finance plays an important role in the case-solving process. Since students often find this challenging, a separate lesson is dedicated to this managerial area. Students learn how to integrate financial reasoning into their analysis and recommendations, even when limited data is available. Key topics include identifying revenue streams, estimating costs, projecting financial outcomes, and evaluating risk. With a focus on practical tools like forecasting, ROI, and risk matrices, this lesson helps students build confidence in using finance to strengthen their case arguments and support strategic decisions.

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Hans van Oudheusden, Britta Stoelinga

June 1, 2025

Week 1: An Introduction to Case Solving and Case Competitions

Around 4 captivating videos, a lesson has been built with specific learning objectives, activities, and supporting materials for students. The core principles of case solving are being introduced—a hands-on, engaging approach to addressing real business challenges. Students learn how to think like consultants, working in diverse teams to analyze complex problems and develop practical solutions. The case-solving process follows a structured cycle: understanding the case, analyzing root causes, generating solutions, planning implementation, and presenting recommendations. Alumni reflect on how these experiences strengthened their confidence, teamwork, and decision-making skills—benefits that continue to serve them in their careers. By the end of this introduction, students will grasp what business cases are, how to approach them strategically, and how to collaborate effectively in teams.

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Hans van Oudheusden, Britta Stoelinga

June 1, 2025

Week 2: Analysing a Case

Around an inspiring video, a lesson has been built with specific learning objectives, activities, and supporting materials for students. Essential case-solving techniques to help students tackle complex real-world problems, are being introduced and trained. The instructors explain that effective analysis goes beyond listing facts—it’s about uncovering insights that address the “so what” question. Key methods covered include critical thinking, analytical frameworks (like VRIO, Porter’s 5 Forces, and GAP analysis), and the 5 WHY technique for identifying root causes. Using a concrete case example, they show how a deeper issue—ineffective communication—was the true cause of low user engagement. By the end of this lesson, students understand how to structure their analysis, avoid common mistakes, and use insights to drive solution development.

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Hans van Oudheusden, Britta Stoelinga

May 21, 2025

Open Pedagogy: a driving force for meaningful learning

Report on how Open Pedagogy can support meaningful learning.

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Marijn Post, Ria Jacobi, Michiel de Jong, Marjon Baas

January 28, 2025

Maintaining Classroom Management

In this report, the design of a blueprint for learning classroom management is presented. This program will be designed for pre-service lower secondary school teachers in the Netherlands (age group 11 to 16-year-old students; 2e graads in Dutch). These teachers are completing a bachelor’s degree in a specific subject area and take a six-month minor in which they receive pedagogical and didactical training to be prepared for teaching in secondary schools. This minor is accompanied by an internship in which the pre-service teachers put their skills into practice.Although the minor allots extensive attention to classroom management, teachers often struggle to manage both class and content. This is understandable as, although classroom management can be learned with the right amount of practice and support, mastery of classroom management skills takes around four years on average takes. To guide pre-service teachers well on their way towards mastering classroom management, a rigorous and evidence-based approach to teaching classroom management to pre-service teachers is needed. An evidence-based approach should allow for a productive and enjoyable learning process for pre-service teachers. One well-studied approach is found in the Four Component Instructional Design (4C/ID) model which offers an evidence-based approach to teaching complex skills. This paper adapts the 4C/ID model and applies it to the skill of classroom management for pre-service teachers in the Netherlands.

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Athanasios Stoidis, Milan Gomes, Sofia Souloglou, Fatemeh Zarei, V.E. Morssink-Santing, Jolien Mouw

November 27, 2024

Handleiding – Erkennen en waarderen van het werken met digitale en open leermaterialen

In de HAN visie op digitale leermaterialen worden 4 hoofdactiviteiten beschreven die nodig zijn om te komen tot de ambitie die de HAN heeft op het gebied van digitale en open leermaterialen. Eén van deze hoofdactiviteiten betreft “Stimuleren”. Daarbij gaat het zowel om stimulering van het thema digitale leermaterialen op de HAN als wel het motiveren van HAN-medewerkers om aan de slag te gaan met digitale leermaterialen in hun onderwijs. Dit framework is hiertoe een eerste aanzet. In een blog wordt het framework verder toegelicht.

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HAN Verandertraject Aanpak Digitale Leermaterialen, Marijn Post, Monique Meutstege

October 1, 2024

Maastricht University TutorKit

The UM TutorKit is a tool kit for tutors to use in collaborative learning settings and activities such as tutorials, group work or small seminars. It consists of several playful items for group dynamics development, feedback provision and evaluation purposes. For dissemination at Edusources, the digital version of the kit consists of 1) an icebreaker card deck with images and questions, 2) feedback dice with a focus on appreciation and conflict conversations, 3) evaluation sheets and 4) support cards with more tips and tricks regarding collaborative learning and group dynamics and information about educational design and delivery in a problem-based learning environment. Feel free to reach out to edlab-info@maastrichtuniversity.nl for more information or share your experience in using the TutorKit.

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Walter Jansen, Lena Gromotka, Eveline Persoon, Sueli Brodin