Dublin Core
Title
Fostering Effective Student Engagement in a First Year University Course by Harmonizing Web-based Resources with Interaction: The WebQuest Approach
Creator
Stephen Asunka
Description
Following a realization that undergraduate students at a private university in Ghana were unenthused with the lecture-based teaching approach and thus engaged very minimally in their learning processes, this study investigated the potential of the WebQuest as a technology for helping foster student engagement in their learning activities, and consequently improving learning outcomes. Several studies involving the WebQuest have been published, none conducted within the Sub-Saharan African context with its unique challenges of limited technology access and availability has been reported, hence the present study. Literature abound with evidence suggesting that effective student engagement correlates positively with successful learning outcomes, and with the understanding that computing technologies, when integrated appropriately into learning processes, can help improve learner engagement, performance and satisfaction, this study investigated this phenomenon within the Ghanaian higher education context. Five students and one instructor participated in the study, and over the course of one academic semester, teaching and learning processes were varied by introducing WebQuest-based learning. Data were gathered by observing students as they engaged in the learning processes, and also assessing student learning and satisfaction by looking at their performance and their responses to survey questionnaire. Findings indicate that the WebQuest can potentially foster student engagement in learning and also help improve learning outcomes. Due to the limitation of the study by way of the small number of participants, the study …
Date
2016
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=AXIuswEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=AXIuswEAAAAJ:4vMrXwiscB8C
Language
English