TY - GEN
T1 - nQuire for the OpenScience lab
T2 - 8th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2013
AU - Villasclaras-Fernandez, Eloy
AU - Sharples, Mike
AU - Kelley, Simon
AU - Scanlon, Eileen
PY - 2013/9/9
Y1 - 2013/9/9
N2 - We have developed a platform to support Citizen Inquiry activities, based on the nQuire Toolkit software which was originally designed to support inquiry-based learning activities for schools. Citizen Inquiry is an innovative way for learners to engage in practical scientific activities, in which they take the role of self-regulated scientists in informal learning contexts. nQuire is being integrated with the OpenScience Laboratory, allowing individuals or groups to create inquiries that rely on virtual scientific instruments for collecting scientifically reliable data. A demonstration inquiry has been created using the Open University Virtual Microscope that enables learners to conduct investigations of lunar geology by studying rare and authentic samples of Moon rock collected during the Apollo programme. This demonstration will show the nQuire authoring tools and the prototype inquiry, focusing on the integration of the scientific tool and features that facilitate collaboration in citizen inquiries.
AB - We have developed a platform to support Citizen Inquiry activities, based on the nQuire Toolkit software which was originally designed to support inquiry-based learning activities for schools. Citizen Inquiry is an innovative way for learners to engage in practical scientific activities, in which they take the role of self-regulated scientists in informal learning contexts. nQuire is being integrated with the OpenScience Laboratory, allowing individuals or groups to create inquiries that rely on virtual scientific instruments for collecting scientifically reliable data. A demonstration inquiry has been created using the Open University Virtual Microscope that enables learners to conduct investigations of lunar geology by studying rare and authentic samples of Moon rock collected during the Apollo programme. This demonstration will show the nQuire authoring tools and the prototype inquiry, focusing on the integration of the scientific tool and features that facilitate collaboration in citizen inquiries.
KW - Citizen inquiry
KW - Geology of the Moon
KW - inquiry based learning
KW - nQuire toolkit
KW - OpenScience Laboratory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883375165&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-40814-4_64
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-40814-4_64
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883375165
SN - 9783642408137
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 585
EP - 588
BT - Scaling Up Learning for Sustained Impact - 8th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2013, Proceedings
Y2 - 17 September 2013 through 21 September 2013
ER -