Abstract
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has been widely used to guide the research and practice of online courses. In the CoI framework, three essential elements were identified to be critical for a successful online learning experience: social, cognitive, and teaching presences. While the three presences are overlapping and interdependent, teaching presence is known to be key to the creation of a community of inquiry by addressing cognitive and social issues. Starting with an overview of the CoI framework, this chapter mainly focuses on teaching presence and its two dimensions: instructional design and organization and directed facilitation. Specific strategies and examples for each dimension to leveraging teaching presence in a technology-rich online course are presented and described. In addition, a student's learning experience in the course is also shared to provide a student's perspective of the strategies.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Blended Learning |
| Subtitle of host publication | Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications |
| Pages | 1687-1711 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Volume | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781522507840 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 18 2016 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Computer Science