Community Inquiry Labs (iLabs)
Based on John Dewey's philosophy that education begins with the curiosity of the learner, we use a spiral path of inquiry: asking questions, investigating solutions, creating new knowledge as we gather information, discussing our discoveries and experiences, and reflecting on our new-found knowledge. A cycle where each question leads to an exploration which will then lead to more questions to investigate. The process of asking, investigating, creating, discussing, and reflecting, and then asking again.
Inquiry pages http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/php/units.php
Login page with presentation http://ilabs.inquiry.uiuc.edu/
Features include:
- Web text writing
- Bulletin boards
- Document sharing centers
- List tools: blogs, bookmarks, etc.
- Inquiry Unit Builder
There are/is:
- 475 iLabs v.3;
- 2.6 GB total space of files( 33% use under 1% of the space);
- 25MB the default space limit;
- 35 users (from the total of 452, i.e., 7.74%) updated 106 units in the past year.
Ilab used in different communities for different projects http://ilabs.inquiry.uiuc.edu/ilab/inq/documents/6413/home/poster.bmp?draft=1&file_id=2
