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WebQuest Markup Language (WQML) for Sharable Inquiry-Based Learning

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Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2006 (ICCSA 2006)

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WebQuest is a model for constructivist inquiry-based learning in which the information used by learners is collected from the Web. A WebQuest exists in form of a Web site that contains a defined set of componential Web pages. In this paper, we specify the WebQuest Markup Language (WQML) for WebQuest construction. WQML enables WebQuests to be implemented as sharable courseware objects and thus to be interoperable with most learning management systems (LMS).

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  1. Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

    Sebastian Fleissner, Yuen-Yan Chan & Tsz Hon Yuen

  2. ETI Consulting Limited, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

    Victor Ng

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., T2N 1N4, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Marina Gavrilova

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, via Vanvitelli, 1, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  3. William Norris Professor, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, USA

    Vipin Kumar

  4. OptimaNumerics Ltd., Cathedral House, 23-31 Waring Street, BT1 2DX, Belfast, UK

    C. J. Kenneth Tan

  5. Clayton School of IT, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, Australia

    David Taniar

  6. Department of Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Antonio Laganá

  7. School of Computing, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea

    Youngsong Mun

  8. School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

    Hyunseung Choo

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Fleissner, S., Chan, YY., Yuen, T.H., Ng, V. (2006). WebQuest Markup Language (WQML) for Sharable Inquiry-Based Learning. In: Gavrilova, M., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2006. ICCSA 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3980. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11751540_41

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