Guided discovery

The e-tivity "Guided discovery" can be performed with individuals or groups of students. Usually, the students are given written instruction how to perform this e-tivitiy. There is both cognitivism and constructivism in the basis of this pedagogical activity.

Ask students to (1) perform investigation of literature (online databases, library resources) on a certain topic, (2) make observations in concrete settings (zoo, field work, organization), (3) perform experiments, or collect data (online surveys, text analysis), (4) prepare computer simulations, etc.

To report of their findings, students can make a diary of their work in a blog, make photos and share them with Flickr, videotape and present their findings with Veotag or on YouTube, organize collections of references with Delicious, record a simulation on their computer screen and add audio comments, etc.