Motivational Aspects of WebQuest Design

Bernie Dodge

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1737–1739

The WebQuest model was developed with learner motivation in mind, but the principles that underlie that design have never been made explicit. Five models of motivation will be briefly described (Keller's ARCS model; Malone & Lepper's Theory of Fun;...

What Does 25 years of WebQuest Research Tell Us?

Bernie Dodge

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 908–913

The WebQuest model appeared on the scene in the early days of the Web (Dodge, 1995). Since then it has been embraced by hundreds of teacher preparation programs and individual teachers around the world. The popularity of the format was driven by...

Topics: Research & Evaluation, K-12 Online Learning

Selecting Telecommunications Software for Educational Settings

Bernie Dodge; June Dodge

Computing Teacher Vol. 14, No. 7 (1987) pp. 10–12

Outlines criteria for selecting microcomputer-based telecommunications software for educational settings. Terminal software, which provides interaction between a modem and remote terminals, is distinguished from software that allows an electronic...

Readiness Activities for Telecommunications

June Dodge; Bernie Dodge

Computing Teacher Vol. 14, No. 7 (1987) pp. 7–9

Describes readiness activities which introduce telecommunications skills into the classroom. Computer activities and programs that simulate message writing and data retrieval are highlighted, and writing exercises that do not require computers are...

Mini-Courses for Teaching with Technology: Thinking Outside the 3-Credit Box

Bernie Dodge; Philip Molebash

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3155–3156

The three semester-hour course has long been the default way to package instruction in higher education. Thinking of curriculum in three-unit chunks, however, tends to lock out new topics that don't fit into existing courses, thus reducing the...

Topics: Classrooms, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Portfolios

Architectures for Mobile Learning

Bernie Dodge; Marcie Bober-Michel

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3057–3060

How do we prepare new teachers for the arrival of ubiquitous, handheld computers? What new models and frameworks will we need to develop? In this paper, three teaching strategies will be described. The first, WonderPoints, involves studying a small...

Promoting Student Inquiry: WebQuests to Web Inquiry Projects (WIPs)

Dodge Bernie; Philip Molebash; Randy Bell; Cheryl Mason

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 67–72

Abstract: By the earliest definition (Dodge, 1995) a WebQuest is "an inquiry-oriented activity in which most of the information learners work with comes from the web." WebQuests are defined first as being "inquiry-oriented," but are they truly an...

WebQuest Design and Application Strategies

Stephen Rodriguez; Bernie Dodge; Natalie Milman; Mike Menchaca

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2478–2481

The WebQuest has emerged as a prime means of engaging students in constructive web-based learning activities. This symposium incorporates five papers which address various aspects of WebQuest design and teacher preparation. Some papers focus on...

Topics: Instructional Design, Students

Aiming for Inquiry: A Deep and Wide View of Exemplary Strategies for Preparing Teachers to Teach for Inquiry

Philip Molebash; Bernie Dodge; John Lee; Joe Garofalo; Randy Bell; Carl Young

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3911–3914

Of the valleys and peaks of learning experiences, inquiry could be considered the Mount Everest. In the battle to increase student engagement and achievement, there has been a clear shift in the goals of learning—a direction in which authentic...

Aiming for Inquiry: A Deep and Wide View of Exemplary Strategies for Preparing Teachers to Teach for Inquiry

Philip Molebash; Bernie Dodge; John Lee; Joe Garofalo; Randy Bell; Carl Young

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3907–3910

Of the valleys and peaks of learning experiences, inquiry could be considered the Mount Everest. In the battle to increase student engagement and achievement, there has been a clear shift in the goals of learning—a direction in which authentic...