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Webquests: English Emphasis UPN April 2013

A WebQuest is an inquiry-based activity where students interact with and learn from online resources to research a topic. It follows a specific structure including an introduction, task, process, resources, evaluation, and conclusion. WebQuests can be short-term lessons lasting 1-3 days to acquire knowledge or long-term projects spanning a week to a month where students extend and deepen their understanding of a topic. They are grounded in constructivist learning theory and aim to promote critical thinking, collaboration, and meaningful learning through student-directed research.

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Webquests: English Emphasis UPN April 2013

A WebQuest is an inquiry-based activity where students interact with and learn from online resources to research a topic. It follows a specific structure including an introduction, task, process, resources, evaluation, and conclusion. WebQuests can be short-term lessons lasting 1-3 days to acquire knowledge or long-term projects spanning a week to a month where students extend and deepen their understanding of a topic. They are grounded in constructivist learning theory and aim to promote critical thinking, collaboration, and meaningful learning through student-directed research.

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Webquests

English Emphasis UPN April 2013

Definition
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet, optionally supplemented with videoconferencing. Bernie Dodge

What is inquiry?
Inquiry

(also enquiry) is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. "Inquiry" is defined as "a seeking for truth, information, or knowledge -seeking information by questioning." The process of inquiring begins with gathering information and data through applying the senses.

Using Webquests

comparing classifying inducing deducing analyzing errors constructing support abstraction analyzing perspectives

Projects Collaborative Activities PBL Case studies Object Analysis

Hands On
Webquests.org

http://guest.portaportal.com/webq

uestz www.ed.ted.com

Possibilities
Teamwork Collaborative Cooperative Critical thinking Self-discovery Self-directed Self-paced Meaningful Web enriched Learning and teaching styles

Theoretical Foundations
WebQuests are a learner-centered, drawing on a variety of theories that include the following areas: Constructivism and cognitivism Critical and creative thinking Authenticity and meaningfulness Cooperative learning Motivation

Building Blocks
Introduction

Task
Process Resources

Evaluation
Conclusion Teacher

Page

Short Term
One

to three lessons Knowledge acquisition and integration Significant amount of information and makes sense of it

Long Term
A week

to one month Instructional goal


Extend

and expand knowledge Refine knowledge


Learner

analyzes a body of knowledge transforms it demonstrates understanding

References
Kari

Lee Siko. 2008. Webquests in the English Classroom: How Do They Affect Student Learning? Chapel Hill. Dodge Bernie. Adapting and Enhancing Existing WebQuests. Resource at http://webquest.sdsu.edu/adapting/ Brown Maureen. 2005. Inquiry Based Learning Using the Internet: Research, Resources, WebQuests. Resource at http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference /Resource_library/proceedings/03_57.pdf

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