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Web quest: porting ‘Quest for Independence’ to the World Wide Web

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The Internet holds promise as a globally interconnected information system, even though its interaction capability is limited. Yet for education, interaction is critical. Can the Internet support high quality learning interactions? We ported an existing interactive instructional program to the world wide web (WWW) to demonstrate the potential of the Internet for interactive education. In this paper we explore the potential technology solutions, implement our solution and indicate the results, both positive and negative. © 1998 IFIP, published by Chapman & Hall Ltd

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  1. School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia

    Clark N. Quinn

  2. 97 Rosa Street Oatley, Australia

    Glenn Ahyong

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Quinn, C.N., Ahyong, G. Web quest: porting ‘Quest for Independence’ to the World Wide Web. Education and Information Technologies 3, 51–78 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009650305583

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