A Guided Inquiry is a set of interactive web-based explorations and exercises dealing with and devoted to a particular topic. Users are provided a path -- sometimes the path has signposts, sometimes it does not -- through the World Wide Web that takes them on an educational journey composed of intellectual challenges and provocative reflections. The educational goal of a Guided Inquiry in professional ethics is twofold:
A successful learning experience can be had in a Guided Inquiry only if the user completes all the excursions, exercises and assignments that are found within the web-based journey. Users need to follow every WWW link and make the best use of the information found on the sites to which they have been sent. Follow directions closely and be sure not to miss those that require some necessary submission of an essay or other written work. Specifically, you will encounter two types of tasks: