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Internet-based project work - Hockley & Dudeney (2007)
Why do Internet-based project work?
Online project work involves the use of the Internet over a series of lessons.
In order to prepare for Internet-based project work, teachers need to:
Choose the project topic
Make the task clear
Find the resources
Decide on the outcome.
Internet-based simulations
They bring real-life contexts to the classroom, helping learners to deal with situations they may come across during foreign travel or in encounters with other speakers of English.
Learners have access to authentic websites to help themselves carry out the simulations.
These simulations work well in the field of business English.
Webquests
They are mini-projects in which a large percentage of the input and material is supplied from the Internet.
They can be teacher-made or learner-made.
Bernie Dodge, a Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University and one of the first in this kind of learning activity, defined a webquest as "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet."
He identifies two types of webquest:
Short-term webquests: learners make sense of all the information they have been exposed to. They may last for a couple of classes and will involve learners in visiting a selection of sites to find information and use it to achieve a set of learning aims.
Long-term webquests: learners will analyse knowledge deeply and transform it in some way, turning it into a new product: a report, a presentation, an interview or a survey. They might last a few weeks.
Zunal is a free website where teachers can create their own webquests.
👉 Find my webquest here: "Animals around us" Webquest
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References
Hockly, N., Dudeney. G. (2007) How to teach English with technology. Pearson Educated Limited.
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