The Use of WebQuest to Enhance English-Chinese Bilingual Education: A Case Study in a Course in Computer Science Overview

Author

Fan, Shaojing ; Song, Jiatao ; Zhang, Yongping ; He, Zhongkun

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Ningbo Univ. of Technol., Ningbo, China

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

WebQuest, an inquiry-oriented online learning tool, allows students to collect and acquire new knowledge from Web-based resources and to develop their critical thinking skills. This paper reports an exploratory case-study, investigating the effectiveness of WebQuest for the enhancement of English-Chinese bilingual college education. The results show that WebQuest can promote English learning environment and arouse learners´ learning interest, thus is effective for the bilingual teaching.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; natural language processing; English learning environment; English-Chinese bilingual college education; Web-based resources; WebQuest; computer science; course; critical thinking skills; inquiry-oriented online learning tool; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Helium; Information analysis; Knowledge engineering; Laboratories; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering, 2009. CiSE 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4507-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4507-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISE.2009.5366749

Filename

5366749