Brief or New: WebQuests: An Instructional Strategy for the Occupational Therapy Classroom

SUMMARY

WebQuests are an innovative teaching activity that promotes students to actively engage in their learning and work cooperatively in small groups. WebQuests have been widely used in K-12 environments in a variety of subjects and are gaining respect in universities. This paper will briefly describe the basic concept of a WebQuest and provide two examples of WebQuests developed for use in an occupational therapy curriculum.

KEYWORDS:

• WebQuest
• occupational therapy curriculum
• active learning
• cooperative learning
• instructional strategies