Supporting the Learning Process

Nothing comes easy, but with enough planning the learning process becomes easier for the learner.

The teacher needs to pre-research the sites for the learners. This in a way saves the learners the time they would have wasted looking for sites and probably using or focusing on non-credible sites.

Learners are guided on what to do otherwise the entire learning process is Student-centred and the teacher is there to only guides.

The learning process involves transformative learning.  The new information that the learners have acquired alters the learners understanding and gives them new perspective on things. In the end they develop a more sophisticated understanding.

The learners also develop expertise in the subject using the situated learning environment. As Stein, 1998 says;

           " Knowledge and skills are learned in the contexts that reflect how knowledge is

                         obtained and applied in everyday situations"

It gives learners chance to participate in different roles and hence providing them with different perspectives from which to view things.

Learners are in charge of their own learning. the teacher is there only to guide and give feed back.

I have not used the Webquest per se in my teaching, but I have on several occasions involved learners in taking up roles especially of characters from Literature texts. I would ask them to act the parts in groups or in class and after words they would have to discuss what they have seen, liked or not liked about a particular character. It is quite amazing what analysis they would make of that character. This method has always been effective in getting the learners to understand the character traits and actions.