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BUILDING INQUIRIES INTO THE CoI
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Opened May 26, 2017 by kadir kozan
Dr Garrison,
Thanks a lot for all those informative comments and I agree completely. Speaking of our work, one critical aspect is that data collection occurred towards the end of (online) semesters thereby mainly telling us about presence relationships at that time. The findings seem to be in line with the dynamic nature of the CoI/the presences and their evolution over time. Therefore, cognitive presence as a ...
Latest post May 24, 2017 by D. Randy Garrison · 7 posts
Thinking and learning collaboratively is both a great benefit and challenge. The CoI framework addresses the benefits of discourse to test ideas as well as the means to introduce new lines of inquiry (divergent thinking). Notwithstanding that the dynamic of a CoI is focused on an educational environment, the critical thinking and inquiry process is generalizable and applicable to interpreting and analyzing ...
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I see no reason why this would not work. I would encourage you to explore this further.
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Marije,
Not sure I can be of much direct help. There is considerable research on faculty development if that would help.
There is extensive research where faculty have used the CoI framework to design online learning experiences.
Finally, I am not clear as to your question regarding different courses. the framework ...
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Hey all,
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D. Randy Garrison on Can I use the three elements of the CoI as the theoretical framework to support the research on professional learning community and 21st-century teaching among teachers?
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Most definitely. In fact, we used the CoI framework for professional development when Dr. Norm Vaughan did his doctorate on the subject. The following will provide an introduction to this work.
Vaughan, N., & Garrison, D. R. (2005). Creating cognitive presence in a blended faculty development community. Internet and ...
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Can the three elements of the CoI framework be integrated and applied to support the professional learning community and 21st-century teaching among teachers? From my reading, CoI is more geared toward students' learning, although the teaching presence element focuses on the ...
D. Randy Garrison on Cognitive Presence Update
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The easy answer is that they cannot be easily separated; they overlap in the Venn diagram. According to the diagram and theory, each can have differing influence on the educational experience (dependent variable however it is defined).
Off the top I suppose that the correlation among the presences will depend on the ...
