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CIEL is an European Research Team within the Kaleidoscope Network of Excelence. CIEL's main goal is to integrate existing approaches toward computer supportd collaborative inquiry learning. To this end CIEL brings together the leading institutes in Europe that have developed environments for CIEL and that have done empirical research. CIEL's main objectives are:

• Design an integrative theoretical approach for collaborative, inquiry and experiential learning (CIEL).
• Exchange and integration of methodological approaches for the design and evaluation of CIEL environments.
• Join forces on the development of a common architecture and integrated platform for CIEL.
• Test this platform in a multi-modal way for use across multiple research laboratories, by means of a common application
• Consolidate and extend the common framework and platform in future joint research projects

The ambition is to make it a lasting consortium with the potential to grow. The standards that will be developed in CIEL are aimed to set the stage for future integrated development of support for collaborative inquiry and experiential learning.