3.

3 Online & Blended Learning

Candidates develop, model, and facilitate the use of online and blended learning,
digital content, and learning networks to support and extend student learning and
expand opportunities and choices for professional learning for teachers and
administrators. (PSC 3.3/ISTE 3c)
This artifact is a screencast presentation of a Multimedia Design Project/ WebQuest
that I designed and used in my classroom. This WebQuest was used to help students
construct an understanding of how the Earths tilt produces the yearly seasons and guide
them in the construction of their knowledge of natural phenomenon associated with the
Earth Moon Sun system. This learning experience culminated with the students creating
a multimedia presentation in which they had to explain and make predictions based on
knowledge gained in the completion of the learning activity.
The design and implementation of this WebQuest demonstrates my ability develop
online digital content as well as model and facilitate online and
blended learning. This WebQuest consisted of a wide variety of online content. It
accessed both research websites and interactive applet websites. This WebQuest guided
students as they researched and participated in online activities designed to help them
construct an understanding of how the Earths tilt produces the yearly seasons. After
completing the WebQuest my students were able to explain, describe and predict natural
phenomenon associated with the Earth Moon Sun system. My students demonstrated
these higher order thinking skills by creating a multimedia presentation displaying the
knowledge they constructed.
Completing this WebQuest has given me a better understanding of to how develop
online content. The process gave me an opportunity to practice the skills necessary to
design a website. In the future when I develop online content I will use more
sophisticated website design tools. I quickly found the cookie cutter approach the
website I used to be very limiting.
The design and implementation of this WebQuest impacted student learning by raising
the level of student participation in an online and blended learning experience. The
impact on student learning can be assessed by the evaluation of the level of student
engagement and the evaluation of the student created products.