Transcript PowerPoint on WebQuests

Introduction to WebQuests
Mark Lee
University of Notre Dame Australia
Outline
What
is a WebQuest?
Components of a WebQuest
Examples of WebQuests
Evaluating WebQuests
Creating a WebQuest
What is a WebQuest?
"...an
inquiry-oriented activity in which
most or all of the information that learners
interact with comes from resources on the
Internet.”
Provides
- Bernie Dodge (Co-creator of the WebQuest model)
a structured approach that
focuses on having students use web-based
resources rather than finding them
What is a WebQuest?
Poses
(Cont’d)
question students, which cannot be
answered simply by collecting and
regurgitating information - They must “…
transform information into something else
…” (March, 1998).
Designed to support learners' high order
thinking including analysis, synthesis and
evaluation
What is a WebQuest?
Inquiry-based
learning
(Cont’d)
Problem-based
learning
Guided
discovery
Components of a WebQuest
1.
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Introduction
Task
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Teacher’s page
WebQuest examples
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The Tortoise and the Hare http://www.ictpd.net/bj/waitsc/ourwork/group2/index.htm
Australian Animals http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm
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Shocking Sharks - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/sessions/sharks/
What does it mean to be Australian? -
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http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/webquest/actualquest/actualquest.htm
Save an Australian Animal -
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http://www.ictpd.net/bj/waitsc/ourwork/group1/animals/
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Freaky Frogs - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/sessions/frogs/
Compare Proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem http://www.gowcsd.com/master/ghs/math/furman/pythagor/pythag.htm
WebQuest about WebQuests
 http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest.html
Where to find more examples
Web
and Flow - http://www.web-andflow.com
Ozline - http://ozline.com
WebQuest Home Page http:///edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/
WebQuest directories
http://www.webquest.org/search
http://bestwebquests.com
Poor WebQuests…
Are based around paper-based worksheets that are simply
converted into web pages, possibly with links to web resources
 Ask close-ended questions or seek to result in neat, convergent
outcomes for students
 Are of little personal relevance to students
 Are based around tasks/issues that do not address real,
authentic problems with applications beyond the classroom
 Do not interest, engage and motivate students
 Are pitched at too high or low a level for the target audience
(ie, not challenging enough or “crush” students)
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N.B. Vygotsky’s Zones of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Have poorly defined assessment/evaluation criteria (eg, rubrics
that focus on quantity but not quality)
Resources for evaluating WebQuests
Rubric
for evaluating WebQuests (Bernie
Dodge) http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html
Criteria for Assessing Best WebQuests (Tom
March) http://bestwebquests.com/bwq/matrix.asp
Rubric for assessing WebQuests (Ozline / Tom
March) http://www.ozline.com/webquests/rubric.html
Options for creating WebQuests
Create
Use
from scratch
HTML or web authoring tool such as
FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Nvu to develop web
pages from scratch
Upload to web server
Build
on an existing template
Download
a set of web pages with placeholders
to use as a starting point
Use HTML or web authoring tool to edit and
customise pages
Upload to web server
Options for creating WebQuests
(Cont’d)
Use
an automatic WebQuest generator
(NOT permitted for Assessment Item #2!)
Create
WebQuest by filling in online forms or
anwsering questions presented by a “wizard”
No need for web authoring or uploading
Examples: QuestGarden, Filamentality, Instant
WebQuest, PHPWebQuest, TeacherWeb
WebQuest templates
 Original
one-page template (1999):
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/templates/lessontemplate1.htm
 Classic framed templates from San Diego State
University (2000):
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
 More modern templates by Dan Schellenberg from
the University of Regina (using CSS and XHTML):
http://www.educationaltechnology.ca/resources/w
ebquest/templates.php
WebQuest design process
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designsteps/