Learner-Created Scenario for Investigative Learning with Web Resources

Learning Scenario Creation for Promoting Investigative Learning on the Web

“…However, learners tend to search a limited number of Web resources/pages for investigating a question, which often results in an insufficient investigation and limited knowledge construction. In order to make the constructed knowledge wider and deeper, it is necessary to facilitate an elaborate investigation (1,3,5) . The main issue we address in this work is how to promote the investigative learning process with Web resources so that knowledge can be constructed in a wider and deeper way (5) .…”

“…In order to make the constructed knowledge wider and deeper, it is necessary to facilitate an elaborate investigation (1,3,5) . The main issue we address in this work is how to promote the investigative learning process with Web resources so that knowledge can be constructed in a wider and deeper way (5) . In elaborately investigating an initial question with Web resources, it is necessary for learners to deepen and widen the question, which requires them to identify related questions to be further investigated during their navigation and knowledge construction process (1) .…”

“…This corresponds to decomposing the initial question into related ones as sub-questions. The elaborate decomposition of the initial question would bring about wider and deeper knowledge construction (5) . The initial question would also become better defined by means of the question decomposition.…”

“…Our approach is to propose a model of the investigative learning process (7) , which induces learners to decompose the question into its sub-questions (5) . In this model, the learning scenario is represented as a tree of questions to be investigated.…”

“…In this model, the learning scenario is represented as a tree of questions to be investigated. We have also implemented a cognitive tool called the interactive learning scenario builder (iLSB for short), which provides learners with some scaffolds for building their own scenario as modeled (5,8) . This paper also aims to ascertain whether iLSB contributes to promoting the investigative learning process including question decomposition and knowledge construction.…”