School of History FACULTY OF ARTS HIST2530 Web Research Dr Kevin Linch
The Module Objective - Produce a website on a historical topic Set of online learning materials take them through the project Teaching – weekly workshops in the WRCETLE Assessment – 20% blog, 30% project proposal; 50% website Enterprise Skills: Creative Thinking Research Skills Planning Networking Problem Solving
What the student said: A bit scary at first – but gained confidence from doing it Website – ‘it forces you to think of the shape of the information’ ‘You could see what other people were doing, and there was a lot of helping out with things’ ‘It takes it out of the classroom, it takes it out of very, very constrained environments, and constrained questions and it opens it out.’