{"id":1424,"date":"2023-09-10T22:25:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T02:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0268\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2023-09-13T15:52:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:52:54","slug":"an-introduction-to-communities-of-inquiry-for-new-instructors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0268\/an-introduction-to-communities-of-inquiry-for-new-instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"An introduction to Communities of Inquiry for new instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In a recent project, I designed a Community of Practice for contract faculty in a University design program. This Community of Practice is intended to provide a sense of connection and engagement among contract faculty within their peer group, where they can share knowledge and support one another in their teaching practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the audience groups of the Community of Practice is new hires, with onboarding taking a focal role in the CoP communications. As do many applied programs, Design is an area that has a long history of relying on professional practitioners as contract\/part-time\/sessional\/adjunct faculty. Although skilled subject matter experts, many practitioners are less knowledgeable or skilled at direct instruction and facilitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brief introduction guide to Communities of Inquiry and some facilitation strategies would be a helpful guide to first-time instructors and facilitators, not only in the Department of Design, but across many disciplines. As such, it s a fairly general-purpose guide. The goal is to encourage a more open and dialogic approach to facilitating learning, rather than a prescribed and formal “direct instructional” approach, affording learners opportunities to be more active participants in co-creating their learning experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (1999). Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2<\/em>(2\u20133), 87\u2013105. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S1096-7516(00)00016-6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rourke, L., Anderson, T., Garrison, D.R., & Archer, W. (1999). Assessing Social Presence In Asynchronous Text-based Computer Conferencing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vaughan, N. D., Cleveland-Innes, M., & Garrison, D. R. (2013). Chapter 3: Facilitation. In Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry<\/em> (pp. 45\u201361). Athabasca University Press. https:\/\/read.aupress.ca\/read\/teaching-in-blended-learning-environments\/section\/43261c4a-6d4c-44cf-8c7f-60bc306eb03a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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