A Software Solution to Conduct Inquiry Based Student Directed Learning

Question posing (QP) refers to the generation of questions by learners. It has been shown to be an effective instructional strategy for teaching-learning of complex materials. QP enables students to inquire into the given situation and generate new knowledge through self exploration. Students questioning can be used as a strategy to enable student directed learning and create a student centered curriculum. In this paper we present a software solution to incorporate a smooth implementation of an inquiry based student directed learning strategy. We used qualitative data to derive the user requirement specification. The software solution was developed and deployed in a three-day Data Structures workshop. The user testing at the end of the third day of the workshop confirmed that the system was able to deliver all the required functionalities and features.