Abstract:This paper describes the development of nQuire, a software application to guide personal inquiry learning. nQuire provides teacher support for authoring, orchestrating and monitoring inquiries as well as student support for carrying out, configuring and reviewing inquiries. nQuire allows inquiries to be scripted and configured in various ways, so that personally relevant, rather than off-the-shelf inquiries, can be created and used by teachers and students. nQuire incorporates an approach to specifying learnin… Show more
“…Prototypes of nQuire were combined with data probes, global positioning system devices, and cameras to form the Personal Inquiry Toolkit, which was evaluated in studies with schools at Nottingham and Milton Keynes, followed by a further cycle of development and testing involving school, outdoor, and home settings. Mulholland et al (2011) gives a more detailed account of the software design and technology implementation of the toolkit.…”
“…Prototypes of nQuire were combined with data probes, global positioning system devices, and cameras to form the Personal Inquiry Toolkit, which was evaluated in studies with schools at Nottingham and Milton Keynes, followed by a further cycle of development and testing involving school, outdoor, and home settings. Mulholland et al (2011) gives a more detailed account of the software design and technology implementation of the toolkit.…”
“…The aim of Inquiring Rock Hunters is to support members of the public in designing and engaging in scientific investigations on rocks through an online community of inquiry. Geologists (experts and non-experts) having a shared interest in geology interact and exchange knowledge and methods supported and guided by the tools within the web-based inquiry environment, the nQuire platform [3] [4].…”
Abstract. The Inquiring Rock Hunters project is an example of Citizen Inquiry. Adult citizens designed and ran their own investigations in geology, through the online platform called nQuire, while collaborating with scientists. Analysis of the investigations shows patterns of collaboration and mentoring between novice, intermediate and expert geologists, however further work is needed to create a self-sustaining community of inquiry.
“…The teacher and students were using an early version of our nQuire technology for inquiry science learning. The teacher was at the front of the class and each student had a netbook computer running nQuire (Mulholland, et al 2011). The teacher was managing a lesson where the students were sharing and analysing field data.…”
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