overcoming obstacles to quicker webquest creation bernie dodge, phd san diego state university

Overcoming Obstacles Overcoming Obstacles to Quicker WebQuest to Quicker WebQuest

CreationCreation

Bernie Dodge, PhDBernie Dodge, PhD

San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State University

OutlineOutline

What’s the problem?What’s the problem? What are some partial What are some partial

solutions?solutions? What’s the Grand Perfect What’s the Grand Perfect

Solution?Solution? Q & AQ & A

The ProblemThe Problem I can’t seem to locate the saved

WebQuests that I’ve started…Everytime I

try to import an image, the whole

program just locks.

The ProblemThe Problem

……then when I was finished, I then when I was finished, I was scared to death to was scared to death to

“publish” it because I was “publish” it because I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to afraid I wouldn’t be able to fix the mistakes I had not fix the mistakes I had not

seen.seen.

The ProblemThe Problem

……I’d like to develop I’d like to develop another WebQuest but another WebQuest but I don’t know if I’d have I don’t know if I’d have the patience or time to the patience or time to be be able to create be be able to create

one during the school one during the school year.year.

The ProblemThe Problem…the typical uploading

doesn’t seem to be working for me, I will be saving my

files to disk and and uploading it from school.

Survey of WebQuest AuthorsSurvey of WebQuest Authors

Solicited from the WebQuest Solicited from the WebQuest list, classes & organizations that list, classes & organizations that use WebQuestsuse WebQuests

N = 70 and risingN = 70 and rising

Years of Teaching ExperienceYears of Teaching Experience

0 (pre-service) 4.01 - 3 years 4.03 - 5 years 7.05 - 7 years 3.07 - 9 years 6.010 - 19 years 16.020 + 10.0

0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0

0 (pre-service)

1 - 3 years

3 - 5 years

5 - 7 years

7 - 9 years

10 - 19 years

20 +

Series1

Hours SpentHours Spent

0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0

1

Getting the page uploaded to a server

Coming up with a viable topic and task

Creating the teacher page

Finding images

Making the HTML work correctly

Creating the evaluation section

Balancing learners roles and responsibilities

Making the page look attractive

Designing it to engage higher level thinking

Designing the steps in the process section

Finding good web sites to link to

What Was Hard / Tedious?What Was Hard / Tedious?

Finding good web sitesFinding good web sites Mechanics of making the pagesMechanics of making the pages Creating navigation buttonsCreating navigation buttons Making it prettyMaking it pretty Process stepsProcess steps ScaffoldingScaffolding Aligning the evaluation with Aligning the evaluation with

task, standardstask, standards

What Was Hard / TediousWhat Was Hard / Tedious

Uploading from homeUploading from home Not losing piecesNot losing pieces Higher-order thinkingHigher-order thinking

WishlistWishlist

Templates in various formsTemplates in various forms Compatibility with DreamweaverCompatibility with Dreamweaver Library of imagesLibrary of images Flexibility in appearanceFlexibility in appearance WYSIWYG text inputWYSIWYG text input Access to appropriate linksAccess to appropriate links Ability to customize existing Ability to customize existing

WebQuestsWebQuests

WishlistWishlist

Easy image inclusionEasy image inclusion Guidance on content for each Guidance on content for each

sectionsection Easy uploadingEasy uploading Access to standardsAccess to standards Cool navigationCool navigation

Technical KnowledgeTechnical

Knowledge

WebQuest CreationWebQuest Creation


KnowledgePedagogical Knowledge

Pedagogical Knowledge





SearchingSearching

FTPFTP


AestheticsAesthetics

Web EditingWeb Editing




SearchingSearching

FTPFTP

Higher Level ThinkingHigher Level Thinking

ConstructivismConstructivism

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning

ScaffoldingScaffolding




Solution StrategiesSolution Strategies

For each of these elements, we For each of these elements, we could…could…

change the environment, orchange the environment, or change the learnerchange the learner

FTPFTP

change the environmentchange the environment Use web-based FTPUse web-based FTP Upload for themUpload for them Don’t put them online at allDon’t put them online at all

change the learnerchange the learner Repeated practiceRepeated practice


change the environmentchange the environment Use browser-based editorUse browser-based editor Use Word or PowerpointUse Word or Powerpoint


SearchingSearching

change the environmentchange the environment Provide links to appropriate Provide links to appropriate

resourcesresources Farm it out to the expertsFarm it out to the experts


eThemes

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/index.shtml








change the environmentchange the environment Provide templates preselected to Provide templates preselected to

be purtybe purty change the learnerchange the learner

Repeated practiceRepeated practice ignore it & pay a priceignore it & pay a price

Hideous sites, low legibilityHideous sites, low legibility

Pedagogical KnowledgePedagogical Knowledge

change the environmentchange the environment Provide templates preselected to Provide templates preselected to

engage higher level thinking and engage higher level thinking and encourage social construction of encourage social construction of knowledgeknowledge


Design Patterns

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm








SearchingSearching

FTPFTP

Higher Level ThinkingHigher Level Thinking

ConstructivismConstructivism

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning

ScaffoldingScaffolding




Summary of Short CutsSummary of Short Cuts

Create banks of resourcesCreate banks of resources Partner with librariansPartner with librarians Use Word or Powerpoint Use Word or Powerpoint Do the FTP for themDo the FTP for them Don’t upload it at allDon’t upload it at all Use design patternsUse design patterns Use an online authoring toolUse an online authoring tool

Authoring ToolsAuthoring Tools

http://www2.csduroy.qc.ca/mission/generateur/index.asp






Teach-nology

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/





http://www.phpwebquest.org/english/index.htm







http://www.teacherweb.com/IN/PNC/Cassady/index.html






Beyond Authoring Beyond Authoring Tools:Tools:

Authoring Authoring EnvironmentsEnvironments

Metcalfe’s Law

Introducing QuestGarden

DemonstrationDemonstration

Features of QuestGardenFeatures of QuestGarden

Step-by-step prompted Step-by-step prompted guidance on creating a guidance on creating a WebQuestWebQuest

Browser-based… no software Browser-based… no software neededneeded

Emphasis on sharing resources Emphasis on sharing resources and adviceand advice

Ability for WebQuest workshop Ability for WebQuest workshop leaders to monitor progress leaders to monitor progress


WYSIWYG text formattingWYSIWYG text formatting Ability to upload pictures and Ability to upload pictures and

supplementary filessupplementary files Scaffolding extras built inScaffolding extras built in Based on design patternsBased on design patterns Ability to download someone Ability to download someone

else’s WebQuest into your else’s WebQuest into your space and tweak itspace and tweak it


Can be stored on site or Can be stored on site or exported to any other siteexported to any other site

Will be translated into Mandarin, Will be translated into Mandarin, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan (so far)and Catalan (so far)

Style sheet control over fonts, Style sheet control over fonts, colorscolors

Access to QuestGardenAccess to QuestGarden

Now beta tested by over 300 Now beta tested by over 300 participantsparticipants

Available for all on September 1Available for all on September 1 Free until September 1, 2006Free until September 1, 2006 $20 for a 2 year subscription $20 for a 2 year subscription

after thatafter that

New WebQuest Server

http://webquest.sdsu.edu

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/



Q & AQ & A

Overcoming Obstacles Overcoming Obstacles to Quicker WebQuest to Quicker WebQuest

CreationCreation

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/NECC2005/http://webquest.sdsu.edu/NECC2005/

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