ABSTRACT
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that schools must adapt new approaches in order to continue to provide teaching and learning at schools. To achieve this, students must be equipped to learn in a multifaceted, multitasking, and technology-driven world, and the utilization of Web 2.0 tools has been revealed as important in this endeavor. The aim of this study is to introduce an educational website enriched with Web 2.0 tools designed for science teaching and in addition to show the effect on achievement and motivation. Therefore, the effect of an educational website supported by Web 2.0 tools on achievement and motivation was investigated in a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group. The unit of “Force and Energy” was presented through an educational website enriched by Web 2.0 tools. The positive effects of using the website on the achievement and motivation of the students in the results brought to mind the use of an educational website supported by Web 2.0 tools as an alternative or support to online training during the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2022 IGI Global. All rights reserved.
ABSTRACT
It has been understood that these changing conditions must be adapted quickly to continue education and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. After this process, students and teachers are expected to have teaching and learning skills in a versatile, multi-tasking, especially technology-focused world. In many countries, all teaching and learning from primary to higher education has evolved into distance and online education. The educational website mentioned in this study can be both a support and an alternative to online education. In the study, materials prepared in accordance with the Force and Energy unit acquisitions using web 2.0 tools were planned according to the 5E learning model and placed on the educational website named “Science World”. Teaching was carried out face-to-face through this site in the 2018-2019 academic year. The study is a case study based on the identification of student views about teaching using a web site enriched with web 2.0 tools according to the 5E learning model. A structured interview form was used as a data collection tool and it was examined with descriptive analysis. After the instruction, the students stated that they liked the science lesson more and found it more fun. In addition, it was observed that they said that they learned better and that their interest in the lesson increased. It is therefore recommended that science teachers use web 2.0 tools, and especially an educational website, in addition to online classes © 2022, Milli Egitim.All Rights Reserved.