Telecoop 6: WebQuest Resources

A learner-centered guided activity in which the learner interacts with Internet-based information. This information is searched and evaluated by the learner. The objectives/outcomes, the process and evaluation rubric for the project are outlined at the beginning of the project.

Guide to WebQuests: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

WebQuest News: http://www.webquest.org/

WebQuest Page: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

WebQuest Templates: http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm

Telecoop 5: Becoming a Self-Directed Learner

"Teaching Learners to be Self-Directed" by Grow, G.O.

http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow/SSDL/Model.html#Assumptions

Telecoop 4: Connecting Content and Learning

Suggestions for changing your approach toward content in your classroom: http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/teachertraining/learnercentered/teachcontent/specificsuggestions.html

Telecoop 3: Uncovering Content

Content in a Learner Centered Classroom:

http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/teachertraining/learnercentered/teachcontent/teachcontent.html

Teaching Content in a Learner-Centered Course:

http://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/academics/center/Teaching_and_Learning_Tips/Learner-Centered%20Teaching/TeachingContent.htm

"Content in a learner-centered environment functions to accomplish two purposes: it establishes the foundation of knowledge on which subsequent learning rests, and it becomes the vehicle whereby and through which learning skills and awareness are developed. Students need to leave college knowing content and knowing how to learn more. If we need to adjust our attitudes in order to act on this second goal for content, let us make those adjustments and move on to implementation. (Weimer, 2002)

Telecoop 2: Shifting Toward Learner-Centered

Five shifts that must occur:

1. Balance of Power
2. Function Content Serves
3. Instructor Role
4. Learning Responsibilities
5. Assessment Purpose and Practice

Source: Maryellen Weimer’s, Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice (2002).

A review of Weimer's book follows: Book Review

Telecoop 1: Session Goals

1. Identify shifts in practice and attitude for faculty


2. Identify shifts in practice and attitude for learners


3. Define process for creating a goal discussion


4. Define process for creating a Reading and Reflection Journal


5. Define Process for Bibliography/Webliography


6. Review a Webquest (Interactive-Exercise)