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Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 11, Issue 2 ,
Foreword (Dec., 2010) Marcia C. LINN, James D. SLOTTA, Hiroki TERASHIMA, Elisa STONE, & Jacquie MADHOK Designing Science Instruction using the Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE)
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Conclusions
In summary, the new WISE4 technology makes it easy for educators at other institutions to adopt, customize and use WISE for their own research or educational programs. The plug-in architecture allows existing software to easily integrate with WISE. Curriculum materials that were authored at one institution can be easily moved to a WISE instance running at another institution. In the future, the plug-in tools can be shared with the wider community of WISE users and developers, similar to browser extensions. Sharing software code and curriculum content across multiple institutions will allow researchers to scale and share their research in new ways.
WISE4 offers teachers and researchers proven science inquiry curriculum units for middle school and high school students. To create a WISE4 account, go to http://wise4.telscenter.org/ where you will find WISE very easy to use and access examples and support materials. There is no commitment required for joining WISE. We will be continuing to add new curriculum units over the next year, as we move them from the previous version of WISE (still located, for the present time, at http://wise.berkeley.edu). WISE is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
For more information contact either: Marcia Linn (mclinn@berkeley.edu) or Jim Slotta (jslotta@oise.utoronto.ca).
Acknowledgements:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants No. ESI-0334199, and ESI-0455877. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors appreciate helpful comments from the Technology-Enhanced Learning in Science research group. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the GCCSE 2010 Conference, Hong Kong.
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