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WebQuests, Motivation, and Problem Statement

Hi Bloggers, Wiki writers, WebQuesters, and online learners,
I am currently a doctoral student at the University of Phoenix online program in education, leadership, curriculum, and instruction. As much as I love researching and writing papers, I have to come up with a problem statement for my dissertation. I am interested in online learning, WebQuests, and ways of integrating technology into the EFL/ESL classroom. My EFL high school students are not motivated to learn in the classroom because they learn English from TV, the Internet, and through music.

I am also interested in coaching and relationship education as a way to improve learning. The WebQuest seems to have everything I am interested in: teamwork and social skills, higher order critical thinking skills, and learning by means of technology. But, I can’t come up with a research question/problem.

I have two weeks to think things out and finalize my research problem. I hope I am not inconveniencing you but you may be able to help. I would appeciate your input.

Thank you.
Nellie

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2 Responses to “WebQuests, Motivation, and Problem Statement”

  1. vinstan Says:
    December 29, 2006 at 7:14 pm

    Hi
    Pretty interesting topic. The Ontario curriculum includes a category of assessment called communication the others being Knowledge Understanding, Inquiry, Application or Making Connections. As part of the communication category I was looking for new ways of dealing with the segment. The article WebQuest did interest me and it outlines a lot of interesting aspects. However it is never a complete method of education especially teaching science. So as part of the communication assignment I engaged them in reading a scientific article. A link to the article was posted on the blog.
    They were expected to
    1. write a summary of the article.
    2. Write their opinion on the topic
    3. Respond to one of the comments on 2.

    This is a work in progress and I find that the students showed a lot of interest as they were comfortable working with new technology, work at their own pace, work at home, work from any place at any time. Mostly the response is good. I have yet to evaluate the whole experiment and come up with modifications so that other staff at the place I work could implement.

    I am not sure if this is what you are looking for in terms of your “problem”
    Since the topic was interesting I thought I would comment on it.
    Regards

    http://www.vinstan.wordpress.com

  2. Achieve Leadership Says:
    July 26, 2007 at 6:40 pm

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