DocumentCode
1602658
Title
Effectiveness of WebQuest strategy in Microblogging environment for knowledge generation
Author
Shinde, Jayashree ; Patil, Manasi
Author_Institution
SNDT Women´´s Univ., Mumbai, India
fYear
2010
Firstpage
9
Lastpage
16
Abstract
Designing effective constructivist learning environments is always a challenge for educators. Web 2.0 tools provide new dimensions to venture in new pedagogies. These ICT-based pedagogies have potentials of bringing in constructivist and collaborative learning experiences. These new approaches demand new evaluation strategies. Process evaluation, here, becomes a major concern. Explorations and researches in this area will, in turn, contribute largely to the development of learners for knowledge society. The paper presents such an attempt of arranging a collaborative learning environment in online mode. The study was undertaken to test effectiveness of using WebQuests in higher education, where the WebQuests tasks were performed through Microblogging. The paper presents achievement test results, analysis of opinions of learners towards their learning experiences as well as analysis of the peer interactions through Microblogging.
Keywords
Internet; Web sites; computer aided instruction; educational technology; further education; groupware; ICT-based pedagogies; Web 2.0 tools; WebQuest Strategy; collaborative learning experiences; constructivist; higher education; knowledge generation; microblogging environment; Blogs; Collaborative work; Education; Educational products; Feedback; Head; Natural languages; Performance evaluation; Testing; Twitter;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Technology for Education (T4E), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Mumbai
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7362-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-7361-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/T4E.2010.5550040
Filename
5550040
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