Fostering Inquiry-based Learning in Technology
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Fostering Inquiry-based
Learning in Technology-rich
Learning Environments
The Inquiry Page in the NSF
GK-12 Fellows Program
What is “GK-12”?
NSF-funded, nation-wide program, Graduate
Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education
Partners advanced graduate students in science,
mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET)
with K-12 teachers
Integrates computer-based modeling, scientific
visualization, and informatics in science and
mathematics education.
Key Components
Create sustainable
relationships between the
scientific and education
communities
Grow in our
understanding of teaching
and learning in the SMET
disciplines; particularly
via technology
Inquiry and Technology:
The Role of the Inquiry Page
Web-based
teaching/learning tool
that facilitates inquirybased learning in the
classroom
Acts as a resource,
curriculum map,
artifact, and
community
www.inquiry.uiuc.edu
Inquiry Page Resources
Benson, A. P., & Bruce, B. C. (2001, August). Using the web to promote
inquiry and collaboration: A snapshot of the Inquiry Page's
development. Teaching Education, 12(2), 153-163.
Bruce, B.C. (2001). The Inquiry Page: A collaboratory for curricular
innovation. Learning Technology, 3(1).
Bruce, B. C., & Bishop, A. P. (2001). Using the web to support inquirybased language learning. In Y.-S. Chuang & S.-T. Li (Eds.),
Proceedings of ROCMELIA 2001, the Fifth International Conference on
Multimedia Language Instruction. Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Multimedia
English Learning and Instruction Association in the Republic of China,
National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology.
Bruce, B. C., & Easley, J. A., Jr. (2000). Emerging communities of
practice: Collaboration and communication in action research.
Educational Action Research, 8 (2), 243-259.
Robins, J. (2000). The Inquiry Page: A K-12 collaboratory using socially
intelligent agents. Paper presented at the American Association for
Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Fall Symposium, 'Socially Intelligent Agents
- The Human in the Loop,' November 3-5, North Falmouth, MA.