Webquests and the Learning Ecology
Given the reality of a larger ecosystem where learning does take place, we visit the question:
In what ways do Webquests incorporate the learning resources distributed in the larger ecosystem? (Note that the Webquest literature does not only confine learning resources to the web!)
How can they be attempts at learning which moves outside the small boxes (space time constraints) of your sunday school class? Your bible study class? Your development as a church leader?
My personal reflection:
In a certain way, Webquesting is an attempt to structure and direct learning using resources in the Web. Because it is structured, it allows for efficiency and curbs those unnecessary, fruitless searches. The trick is to set up a situation which lead you not just to collect resources, but to allow processing of these resources and their meaning. After all, we want to aim at deep learning, not just surface learning.
In what ways do Webquests incorporate the learning resources distributed in the larger ecosystem? (Note that the Webquest literature does not only confine learning resources to the web!)
How can they be attempts at learning which moves outside the small boxes (space time constraints) of your sunday school class? Your bible study class? Your development as a church leader?
My personal reflection:
In a certain way, Webquesting is an attempt to structure and direct learning using resources in the Web. Because it is structured, it allows for efficiency and curbs those unnecessary, fruitless searches. The trick is to set up a situation which lead you not just to collect resources, but to allow processing of these resources and their meaning. After all, we want to aim at deep learning, not just surface learning.
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