Building a critically transformative community of inquiry in an online undergraduate program

Though online enrollments continue to accelerate at a rapid pace, there is significant concern over student retention. With drop rates significantly higher than in face-to-face classes it is imperative that online providers develop an understanding of factors that lead students to disenroll. This study examines course-level disenrollment through the lens of student satisfaction with the projection of Teaching, Social and Cognitive Presence. In comparing the highest and lowest disenrollment quartiles of all courses at American Public University the value of effective Instructional Design and Organization, and initiation of the Triggering Event phase of Cognitive Presence were found to be significant predictors of student satisfaction in the lowest disenrollment quartile. For the highest disenrollment quartile, the lack of follow-through vis-à-vis Facilitation of Discourse and Cognitive Integration were found to be negative predictors of student satisfaction.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY OVER TIME IN AN ONLINE COURSE: UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRESSION AND INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL, COGNITIVE AND TEACHING PRESENCE

Online Learning ◽

10.24059/olj.v12i3.66 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zehra Akyol ◽

D. Randy Garrison

Keyword(s):

Social Presence ◽

Community Of Inquiry ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Cognitive Presence ◽

Teaching Presence ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Survey Results ◽

Community Of Inquiry Framework ◽

Discussion Postings ◽

Over Time

The purpose of this study was to explore the dynamics of an online educational experience through the lens of the Community of Inquiry framework. Transcript analysis of online discussion postings and the Community of Inquiry survey were applied in order to understand the progression and integration of each of the Community of Inquiry presences. The results indicated significant change in teaching and social presence categories over time. Moreover, survey results yielded significant relationships among teaching presence, cognitive presence and social presence, and students’ perceived learning and satisfaction in the course.

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Using Film and Online Group Blogs to Cultivate a Community of Inquiry: A Case Studied at a University of Technology in South Africa

Progressio South African Journal for Open and Distance Learning Practice ◽

10.25159/0256-8853/2103 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 106-131 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zayd Waghid

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Community Of Inquiry ◽

University Of Technology ◽

Online Group

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The pragmatist influence on managerial ideas and practices

10.1093/oso/9780198753216.003.0010 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Philippe Lorino

Keyword(s):

Community Of Inquiry ◽

Public Institutions ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Direct Influence ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Corporate World ◽

Quality Movement ◽

Reflection In Action ◽

Process Perspective ◽

Exploratory Inquiry

A key idea of pragmatism is the inseparability of theory and practice, thought and action. Pragmatism is said to have had few contacts with the organizational world, and few direct practical applications, except in the domain of education. In particular, the pragmatist direct influence on the managerial world is often undervalued. However, pragmatist ideas have had a significant impact on managerial doctrines and can be traced in today’s debates amongst organization practitioners. This chapter studies three of those channels: Follett’s direct or indirect (for example through Chester Barnard’s work) influence on the corporate world as well as the management of public institutions; the stream of action research and reflection-in-action, in particular Donald Schön’s work; and the development of the quality movement as an anti-Taylorian revolution, deeply influenced by pragmatist thinkers (exploratory inquiry, community of inquiry, instrumental mediations, process perspective), more recently distorted into a Taylorian revival under the “lean management” label.

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Community of inquiry

10.1093/oso/9780198753216.003.0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Philippe Lorino

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Communities Of Practice ◽

Management Information System ◽

Public Management ◽

Community Of Inquiry ◽

Integrated Management ◽

Management Information ◽

Democratic Life ◽

General Concern

Pragmatist inquiry involves a group of inquirers who face a break in their experience and pursue existential motives. They must continuously build reciprocal intelligibility. The felicitous outcome requires reciprocal trust, transforming the group of inquirers into a temporary community. The community dimension of inquiry is illustrated through a case study: the implementation of an integrated management information system in an electricity company. It identifies the roles of two types of communities: communities of practice, characterized by common practice, and communities of inquiry, characterized by the diversity of practices but an agreed general concern. The concept of community of inquiry was initially sketched by classic pragmatist authors and later developed by organization scholars, particularly in the field of public management. It is related to Follett’s view of “group organization” as the basis of democratic life and Latour’s concept of “matter of concern.”

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A Community of Inquiry Lens into Nursing Education: The Educators’ Experiences and Perspectives from Three Australian Universities

Nurse Education in Practice ◽

10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103114 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103114

Author(s):

Omar Smadi ◽

Diane Chamberlain ◽

Fathimath Shifaza ◽

Mohammad Hamiduzzaman

Keyword(s):

Nursing Education ◽

Community Of Inquiry ◽

Australian Universities

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Flipped Classroom in Higher Education: Evaluation of the Process in the Framework of Community of Inquiry

Journal of Educational Technology Systems ◽

10.1177/00472395211031660 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 004723952110316

Author(s):

Mustafa Serkan Günbatar

Keyword(s):

Preservice Teachers ◽

Data Collection ◽

Quantitative Data ◽

Flipped Classroom ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Community Of Inquiry ◽

Teaching Presence ◽

Data Collection Tool ◽

Spring Semester ◽

Very High

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of the instruction process using the flipped classroom (FC) model within the scope of Computer Networks and Communication course. Theoretically, the community of inquiry model was taken as a reference and the effectiveness of the instruction process was evaluated accordingly. Students were preservice teachers studying Computer Education and Information Technology in the third grade in the Van region in Turkey. There were a total of 19 students, of which 12 are male and seven are female. FC process was carried out in the spring semester of 2018–2019 and lasted 11 weeks in total. A mixed-method design was used to gathering the data. Therefore, the research design was an explanatory design from mixed-methods designs. The quantitative data collection tool was the Turkish version of the Community of Inquiry Survey. The quantitative data were analyzed by dividing the students into very low, low, high, and very high levels. The qualitative data collection tool was the interview form created concerning the community of inquiry model. The qualitative data were analyzed by the use of the community of inquiry coding template's themes. At the end of the instruction process, students had a very high level of cognitive, social, and teaching presence perception. This situation was detailed and supported with the qualitative data obtained. Concerning the cognitive presence, the students firstly talked about that they started the learning process with videos. Regarding the social presence, they mentioned the motivating effect of the questions. About the teaching presence, participants firstly mentioned the direct instruction role of the videos.

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