{"id":363,"date":"2020-09-06T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T01:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0129\/?p=363"},"modified":"2020-09-06T21:06:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T04:06:54","slug":"community-of-inquiry-in-e-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0129\/community-of-inquiry-in-e-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Community of Inquiry in e-learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

To view my infographic and embedded video, click here: CoI infographic \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

In my work as a Learning Designer, I design e-learning curriculum for external clients. The administration and facilitation of the e-learning is actually done by the client’s Learning and Development personnel. As a result, for the purposes of this blog post, I am outlining how I would utilize the community of inquiry (CoI) model if I were the facilitator.<\/p>\n

I will begin with a definition of what the CoI is. It is”…a group of people who come together, have a discussion, reflect on those discussions, and then come up with some kind of new understanding, or new meaning, based on\u00a0the critical discourse and the reflection that happens\u201d (Lalonde, 2020, 1:20). In conjunction with this definition, for reference, the CoI model is comprised of three, distinct categories, which are: social presence, cognitive presence and teaching presence. In this post, I will use this definition, along with a brief exploration of facilitation strategies, that I believe will effectively engage learners in online communities in each of the three categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial presence is the ability of learners to project their personal characteristics into the community of inquiry, thereby presenting themselves as \u2018real people\u2019\u201d (\u201cThe community inquiry\u201d, n.d.). To enable learners to do this, I would encourage them to model my behaviour by posting an introductory video and a profile at the onset of the course. Additionally, learners would be prompted to participate in online forum discussions throughout the course (Anderson, 2017).<\/p>\n

I would develop cognitive presence by posing questions and inviting discussion\/feedback from the learners and encouraging them to resolve and apply what they learn in the context of their roles. In so doing, the dynamic of critical thinking that is a crucial component of cognitive presence is demonstrated by the learner (Anderson, 2017).<\/p>\n

The role of facilitator in the category of teaching presence is characterized by \u201c\u2026appropriate amounts of interjections through direct instruction, so as to maximize development of cognitive presence without reducing opportunities for knowledge construction by students\u201d (Anderson, 2017, para. 17). Thereby, empowering an authentic collaboration between learners and the facilitator.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, creating a CoI based course involves the integration of all three categories, which allows for an organic exploration of the course materials by inviting the learners to co-create their learning experience.<\/p>\n

References<\/p>\n

Anderson, T. (2017). How communities of inquiry drive teaching and learning in the digital age. [Blog post]. Retrieved from https:\/\/teachonline.ca\/tools-trends\/how-communities-inquiry-drive-teaching-and-learning-digital-age<\/a><\/p>\n

Genial.ly link https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/5f53d8ca98363d0d81ec8fc3\/vertical-infographic-community-of-inquiry<\/a><\/p>\n

Lalonde, C. (2020, August 22). Facilitation in a community of inquiry. [Video file]. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nv1bUZv5PLs&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n

The community of inquiry. (n.d). Retrieved from https:\/\/coi.athabascau.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To view my infographic and embedded video, click here: CoI infographic \u00a0 In my work as a Learning Designer, I design e-learning curriculum for external clients. The administration and facilitation of the e-learning is actually done by the client’s Learning and Development personnel. As a result, for the purposes of this blog post, I am … <\/p>\n

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