Mid way through the Unit 3 readings some of the key messages that spoke to me were around the elements of a community of inquiry (Garrison, Anderson, Archer, 1999). Looking at my current plan to develop and grow my digital identity, I know that I will have to rely heavily on my social network of publics, groups (Boyd, 2010), communities, etc. in order to fully realize my goal of becoming more of a “digital resident” (White, Cornu, 2011).
The most prominent aspect of the community of inquiry as described by (Garrison, Anderson, Archer 1999) is the social presence “indirectly facilitating the process of critical thinking carried on by the community of learners (p. 89)”. “Learning becomes meaningful when it builds directly on the experience and culture of an individual learner, and is encountered through personal reflection” (Blayone, van Oostveen, Barber, DiGiuseppe, Childs, 2016, p. 4). The inclusion of personal experience and culture is a fundamental incorporation into the learning practice. If I think of my digital presence platforms as online common spaces, then I as a student, I can engage with the social presence of the personal experience and cultures of the group (Garrison, Anderson, Archer, 1999, p. 89).
I can combine these ideas into my strategy in engaging with online communities to gain valued experience and understanding which will hopefully in-turn help me grow my digital presence.
Blayone, T., Van Oostveen, R., Barber, W., DiGiuseppe, M., & Childs, E. (n.d.). Developing Learning Communities in Fully Online Spaces: 6 Positioning the Fully Online Learning Community Model. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
Boyd, D. “Social Network Sites as Networked Publics: Affordances, Dynamics, and Implications.” In Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites, 2010, pp. 39–58., www.danah.org/papers/2010/SNSasNetworkedPublics.pdf
Garrison, D., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (1999). Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education. The Internet and Higher Educatio, 2((2-3)), 87-105. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1096-7516(00)00016-6
White, David S, and Alison Le Cornu. “Visitors and Residents: A New Typology for Online Engagement.” First Monday, vol. 16, no. 9, 5 Sept. 2011.
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