Designing a Community of Inquiry in Online Courses
Journal Article
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OPEN| Published | January 2020 |
| Journal | International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 135-153 |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
This article describes a practical approach for implementing instructional strategies in order to build a Community of Inquiry (CoI) into an online course. Online community building has positive effects on the quality of student learning, increases student engagement, and encourages motivation of students in online courses. The CoI is a theoretical framework focusing on facilitating meaningful learning experiences through three presences: cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence. This article will introduce the CoI framework by way of literature review focusing on CoI instructional strategies. Using Sorensen and Baylen’s (2009) seven principles of good practice, the author will structure CoI instructional activities into presence categories for practitioner use.| Keywords | online learning · instructional strategies · sense of community · collaborative learning · distance education · community of inquiry |
| CoI focus | Full model |
| Methodology | Literature review |
| Study design | Practical program description |
| Contribution | Practical |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 1492-3831 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | CC BY |
| DOI | 10.19173/irrodl.v20i5.3985 |
| Export | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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