Assignment five, developing a Web-quest, was as difficult as the WebPage assignment. A Web-quest involves learners in researching Web- and non Web-based information sources and involves students a pbl (problem-based learning activity). This assignments calls for use of higher order thinking skills (Yuen, 2008).
My Webquest was titled the "Virtual Classroom". My assisnment was centered for students on the graduate level. Students are instructed to work in groups of three or four and devise a plan of action to convince the a board of supervisors from a comprehensive university to invest in virtual online technology. Virtual online technology will cut university operating costs by nearly 60% by reducing the need for extra faculty and staff and will generate revenues because virtual classrooms can be open to more students. Students would work in groups of three, and prepare a ten-minute power point presentation highlighting the advantages of Virtual Online Instructional Technology.
This assingment was made of seven parts: Introduction, Task, Process, Resources, Evaluation, Conclusion, Notes to teachers. This Web-quest was very challenging. Colors had to have excellent contrast. All navigation links had to be up to par, text had to be the right size, layout had to be adequate, and last of all the content had to be in a clear, consise, meaningful form. Webquest as compared to creating a webpage are not as rigourous to complete but are very time consuming. This assignment was very hard for me and I made a lot of mistakes that affected my grade on the assignment. I will admit that I did learn a lot about webquest design, layout, and colors. I plan to use this course in my own personal teaching and instruction.
Here is a link to my Webquest
http://jarrettlandor.googlepages.com/introduction
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