You will know from the course on Education in a Digital Society that digital literacy, which includes information literacy skills, is an important skill set for learners to develop. In most project-based approaches you would therefore expect the learners to decide on their information needs and to develop an information-gathering strategy. In WebQuests you will pre-research the basic websites, but this does not mean students cannot decide to gather further data or information in order to fully respond to the challenge.

Learning Objectives:

Once you successfully complete the lesson you will be able to:

• Analyse existing projects and recognise examples of sound principles, best practice and practical ideas for your own practice;
• Plan a WebQuest or similarly structured project;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of a WebQuest or similarly structured project;
• Select appropriate digital resources which are useful for teachers preparing and learners working on projects.