Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Week 10 & 11 - Web Quest Lecture I

A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the Web. (WebQuest.org, 2007)

It is an independent learning platform that engages the learners to initiate the learning process. The WebQuest is mainly a facilitator of the entire learning process. The main focus is on the learners to gather the information, organize them and complete the task(s) assigned to them. It is hoped that through this process, they will become active learners.

This week, we are educated on what Web Quest is for since we have to implement in for our final project CA.

You can independently design and develop a WebQuest with the following steps:
  • State the definition of a WebQuest
  • Discuss what is a WebQuest
  • Give examples of WebQuest
  • Recall the parts of a WebQuest
  • Discuss the parts of a WebQues
  • Critically evaluate what makes good WebQuests
  • Create a WebQuest
I got this image from the lecture slide and it relates to the Constructivist concept of receiving inputs, transforming and producing the desired outputs.

In creating a WebQuest, it is important to take note of what to include in the content:
  • Introduction
  • Task
  • Process
  • Evaluation
  • Conclusion
  • Teacher’s Page
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[Introduction]
It can come in the form of a story, a scenario, a situation, a background problem or a news articles e.g. "Poverty in Third World Countries".

[Task]
In this section of the WebQuest, the learning process will be facilitated by giving learners some tasks to do. Through this tasks, learners will need to call upon their brainstorming and research abilities, as well as to gather data that is need for the given WebQuest.

[Process]
A more guided path for learners to follow as they are approaching their tasks. Resources and some references will be provided to help them along the way. Of course, the bulk of the learning process lies heavily on the learners themselves.

Resources often come in the form of web links, examples, cases, stories, templates or concept maps etc.

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