WebQuest

                   Introduction

To introduce, Web Quests have taken the teaching world by storm since their inception in 1995, probably because it is such a wonderful way to teach students using the vast array of web resources. Creating and using a web quest is fun both for teachers and students. Is important to know a little bit more about how it works but also on this specific Webquest, the students will learn lessons, observing videos, upload files, and design Windows at the same time. Therefore, we invite you to go through all information available for you to get deeper knowledge and we hope you can enjoy and use it for interactive distance learning.

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An Overview              

So, exactly what is a WebQuest? The concept was created in 1995 by Bernie Dodge and Tom March at the San Diego State University. It revolves around a central task that is created by teachers for their students. Completing the task involves visiting a variety of pre-selected websites for information that is needed to complete said task. Students will typically record the answers they find in a journal, or on a worksheet, and then move on to the next part of the task. Webquests are cross-curricular and often place an emphasis on critical thinking skills.

Characteristics of a WebQuest

• It is classroom-centered.

• It promotes the creative use of information instead of just gathering information. Owing to this, it allows pupils/students to think more critically.

• Majority of WebQuests come in the form of group work, with division of labor.

• It differs from traditional teaching methods in that it keeps students interested and involved.

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WebQuest and educational techniques

There are some important papers on the Internet regarding WebQuests but Bernie Dodge, the parent of WebQuest, made the essential description of the technique. He defined a WebQuest as “an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet.”

WebQuests are used to achieve the best use of learner's time, knowledge acquisition and integration, and extending and refining knowledge. After working with WebQuest, learners will have grappled with a significant amount of new information and made sense of it. WebQuests, help the participants in meeting standards concentrated on both critical-thinking and analysis skills. Based on ideas of inquiry and constructivism, WebQuests involve cooperative learning, students having to work on projects in groups. In addition, there is a strong connection between WebQuests and multimedia techniques, which leads to an important opportunity for using the Internet in education.

Conclusion

The WebQuest technique involves cooperative learning and forces students to work on projects in groups. The results of its impact in the classroom proved that WebQuest is an important source of inspiration for the teachers, suitable teaching and learning method and a way for integrating Internet in learning. One of the greatest gains of the WebQuest implementation was obtained in pupils’ motivation and cooperative work. Only very few obstacles were met by the teachers in the implementation process. Due to all these advantages most of the teachers decided to extend the use of WebQuest in the future.

Educators play a vital role in securing in-person or online mentors, experts, collaborative classes, and policymakers who are willing to share their informed positions, and teachers can help students pursue such worthy initiatives as service-learning; school-to-work programs; and partnership academies, in which students become interns for related partnering organizations. In addition to this real-world feedback, teachers construct rubrics to authentically assess student achievement. Qualitative descriptors for varying levels of achievement in a range of criteria guide student progress rather than simply measure completion. 

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