weSPOT resources for teachers

weSPOT is a European research project on inquiry based learning. As we are a research project we are highly interested to work together with practitioners and learn about the actual use of our tools. The project develops the weSPOT toolkit over a period of 3 years and the software is free of charge and available via Open Source Licence (MIT Licence, GNU GPL).

On this page you can

• access to background information and theory reading about inquiry based learning.
  • Briefing on inquiry-based learning in general.
  • Presentation on the weSPOT IBL model.
  • Clarification of the weSPOT IBL model and description of the phases.
  • Description of how to use the weSPOT IBL model and its Tool set.
  • Poster demonstrating weSPOT model and the weSPOT toolkit (Size A0 for print, Size A4 for Handout)
• Helpful resources. Here you can find detailed information about the weSPOT project, Inquiry-based Learning and weSPOT Tool set:
  • Background information (State of the art) about Inquiry-based Learning. The information presented here are the weSPOT D2.1 deliverable submitted to the European Commission.
  • weSPOT Pedagogical and Diagnostic frameworks. The information presented here are the weSPOT D2.3.1 deliverable submitted to the European Commission.
  • Information about the different types of Inquiry-based Learning:
    • ​Confirmatory Inquiry
    • Structured Inquiry
    • Guided Inquiry
    • Open Inquiry
• short howtos and demonastration videos from our Youtube channel
  • how to create an inquiry space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R8yxdih5t8
  • performing an inquiry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbMSTvqAC6k
  • define your domain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrjsM_X0u5s
  • monitor the progress in the dashboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPaRyHF_FM
  • make use of the mobile data collector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGwxHnxS7bc
  • Link to an OU masterclass (video, 50 mins.) on Inquiry based learning and how to use the weSPOT technology, that was created by the Open university in the Netherlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQiajgwJrKU
• start doing things
  • access the weSPOT inquiry server with either (existing Google) or create your own account on the weSPOT server
  • learn about our mobile apps and how to install them on your Android or iOS device

For further questions either access the forum of your national community below or get in contact with us at info@wespot.net.

Your weSPOT team