Links to MSWord documents:

    Webquest Evaluation 

    Webquest Feedback 

    Webquest Rubric 

1. What is the source and name of this tool, if applicable? Where did you find it?

(If you created it, please mention that here)

     1) WebQuest Evaluation

    2) WebQuest Feedback

    3) Webquest Rubric. 

    These were all created by Theresa Overall and used in Secondary Methods and Practicum Block Course (EDU 221).  

2. What object(s) have you assessed with this tool? (check the ones that apply)

    Course outcomes (e.g., goals reached, content covered)

3. What kind of tool is this? (check all that apply)

Other (Please specify): 1) Student WebQuest Evaluation,  2) Student WebQuest  Feedback, 3) WebQuest Rubric used to score the WebQuest created by the student.

4. Given the object that you were assessing and the kind of tool used, what was the purpose of the assessment?

  Accountability to others: to write a report that meets an in-house requirement or an external requirement.

    Improvement:

    2) WebQuest Feedback can be used as a self-evaluation or as a tool for a peer review process.

Other: please specify here:

    1) WebQuest Evaluation tool was used by students to help identify components of existing WebQuest that they would like to consider when they create their WebQuest. 

    3) Teacher uses the WebQuest Rubric to score the WebQuest created by the students.

5. Why did you choose this tool in particular? Was it the only one available? Was it better than others that you had encountered?

These tools were created to enhance the understanding of the components of a WebQuest, which gave students timely feedback and information so they could successfully meet the criteria listed in the WebQuest Rubric.

6. When did you use this tool? Please give potential users any information you feel they would need to properly use this instrument, such as the timing (e.g., beginning or end of the semester) or context in which it should be used (e.g., on the same day that students fill out their instructor evaluations).

    1) WebQuest Evaluation – This tool is used to introduce concepts and components of a  WebQuest. 

    2) WebQuest Feedback– After students create their first draft of their WebQuest they self-evaluate and then use the tool to provide feedback to their peers. Students are given time to improve their WebQuest based on the feedback. 

    3) WebQuest Rubric –The students score their WebQuest and attach the final product.  The  teacher scores the WebQuest using the same rubric and provides feedback to the students.

 
7. Please explain how the tool is administered (e.g., distributed to students in class, an email survey that is sent to a list-serve, etc.). If this tool requires development to be used (e.g., a portfolio), please explain how it is developed.

     These tools are found on the class wiki and students have access to them throughout the process of creating their WebQuest.

 
8. What did you do with your results

 1)      WebQuest Evaluation – Information is used as a teaching tool to give students ideas on what an excellent WebQuest can look like when completed and to assist them in the understanding of the criteria by which they will be assessed.

2)      WebQuest Feedback– Information is used as a formative assessment used as feedback to improve their created WebQuest.  Identifying the missing components and suggestions from peers on how to improve their WebQuest.

3)      WebQuest Rubric – Teacher scores the student created WebQuest and the score is part of a Summative Assessment for the course.

  
9. Do you have any other comments about the tool that you feel would be useful for people to know before using it?

     These three tools have helped students produce some outstanding WebQuests and they clearly understood how their WebQuest was going to be scored as a summative assessment.