Introduction

W.W.W. is an acronym for World Wide Web also commonly known as Web. Web is a cobweb of web pages which can be identified by www or http codes and also easy to access. Web Pages are full of information, knowledge, documents and other web resources which can be accessed through the computer or web browser. These webresources can be identified through unique Uniform Resource Locators in short URLs which also can be hyperlinked with other resources.

The World Wide Web went from zero to millions

of web pages in a few years. Many revolutions look irrelevant just before they change everything swiftly.

George M. Church

The 21st century marked an age of Information Technology where getting knowledge became easier. The World Wide Web has given a wider space to produce, share, access information very easily. There are many words related to the Web that have been invented and also some learning techniques have also come into existence within the area of web resources. One of those learning strategies is Webquest Activity. In loose words a definition of Webquest Activity can be given as below...

"A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click."

So, Webquest in simple terms is a group of different sites which are interlinked and accessible from one document or site only.

What is Webquest?

"A webquest is is a scaffolded learning structure that uses

links to essential resources on the World Wide Web and an authentic task to motivate students’ investigation

of an open-ended question"

(Tom March)

"A webquest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet…"

(Bernie Dodge and San Diego)

" WebQuest is a Constructivist approach to Learning, Students not only collate and organize information they've found on the web, they orient their activities towards a specific goal they've been given, often associated with one or more roles modeled on adult professions."

(Philip Benz ]