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The Inquiry Page is the precursor to iLabs is based on John Dewey's philosophy that inquiry begins with the curiosity of the learner.

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This is an archived copy. The interactive form of the Community Inquiry Labs is no longer on line. Static documentary content has been preserved here for reference purposes, however the dynamic aspects are no longer available. A list of links to all the public ILabs projects is provided below.

Community Inquiry Labs (CILabs) are brought to you by

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Community Inquiry Labs, v. 3 (CILabs) is a web based application that has been developed at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to facilitate collaboration within and between different communities. Currently ILabs 3 cannot accept new members. However we are inviting you to become a member of the Community Inquiry Labs (CILabs).

The idea behind all versions of iLabs is to provide a flexible way to incorporate digital inquiry infrastructure and repositories within the context and practices of individual communities. They also represent a significant expansion of ICT applications from those previously available at the Inquiry Page Web site ( inquiry.uiuc.edu ). CILabs are a Web-based suite of open source software tools that one can draw from to construct an interactive Web site. People create CILabs on-the-fly and on their own, to support inquiry activities within and among groups.

Any user can create an iLabs -- at no cost and without HTML coding, software installation or owning or maintaining server space.

Each inquiry community adopts and adapts CILabs software to suit its own needs and activities. iLabs have been adapted by people from all walks of life, to support different kinds of inquiry activities, including: neighborhood activism, university courses, research projects, committee work, K-12 education, conference presentations, developing international professional associations, and art projects.

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