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In March 2020, COVID-19 appeared in the State of Maryland, resulting in strict stayat-home orders and the shutting down of physical business operations. These restrictions directly impacted College Park Academy (CPA), a public charter... more
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      Qualitative ResearchOnline and Distance EducationCommunity of InquiryDisaster risk reduction
Open online courses are becoming more prevalent at local level and for and professional development objectives. Proper instructional design combined with use of online tools can promote learner interaction in online environments. Using... more
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      Community of InquiryOnline InteractionMassive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)Open Online Course
This article applies the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to a particular disciplinary context: first-year writing (FYW). Students enrolled in online FYW courses across three institutions (n = 272) completed a version of the CoI... more
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      Composition and RhetoricOnline LearningCommunity of Inquiry
Over the last decade, the community of inquiry framework has proved successful for online learning experiences in diverse disciplines, although studies in the teaching of English as a foreign language arena are still scarce. In this vein,... more
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      Online and Distance EducationForeign language teaching and learningCommunity of InquiryOral/ speaking skills in English language
The Human Element Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the Canvas open network was designed to be a connectivist experience exploring methods for humanization of online education. This MOOC introduced and discussed methods that faculty... more
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      Social MediaTwitterOnline LearningSocial Presence
Alcohol research in Alaska Native communities has a contentious history. This project has attempted to address a critical need for research to guide alcohol abuse prevention and treatment with Alaska Natives using culturally anchored... more
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      PsychologyParticipatory ResearchParticipatory Action ResearchAction Research
In this article, I intend to underscore the importance of critical thinking in rendering invaluable positive contributions and impact within professional organizations in the developing world. I argue that Critical Thinking treated as a... more
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      ManagementDeveloping CountriesCommunity of InquiryMatthew Lipman
The researchers explored the Community of Inquiry framework and how collaborative technologies, specifically wikis, can be used to impact student perception of social presence in online learning. The subjects were 78 graduate education... more
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      Online LearningSocial PresenceCollaborative LearningCommunity of Inquiry
Since its publication in in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-105.] community of inquiry (CoI) framework has generated substantial interest among online learning researchers. This literature review examines... more
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      Higher EducationOnline LearningSocial PresenceLiterature Review
Abstract This study used quantitative methods to investigate the significance of usability as a construct in online course design for ease-of use, satisfaction and motivation, and Teacher Presence from Community of Inquiry theory. The... more
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      Instructional DesignDistance EducationUser Experience (UX)User Centred Design
Η ανάπτυξη της τεχνολογίας και η εφαρμογή ψηφιακών εργαλείων στην εξΑΕ, όπως η τηλεδιάσκεψη, έχει δημιουργήσει προβληματισμούς που σχετίζονται με την ποιότητα της διδασκαλίας και της μάθησης που προσφέρεται σε αυτήν. Προκειμένου να... more
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      E-learningDistance EducationLearning and TeachingAudio Visual Learning
This article presents an in-depth case study of a complex community of inquiry. In this community, teachers worked collaboratively to build from situated assessments of students' learning through reading to refine and monitor practices... more
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      Teaching and LearningInquiry Based LearningLearning and TeachingAdolescent Literacy
Project-based learning engages students in problem solving through artefact design. However, previous studies of online project-based learning have focused primarily on the dynamics of online collaboration; students' knowledge... more
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      Discourse AnalysisSocial InteractionProblem SolvingCommunity of Inquiry
Este artículo presenta los resultados de la investigación “Actitud filosófica e infancia: formación y transformación de maestros” desarrollada en el Jardín Infantil de la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), como... more
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      PhilosophyEducationPhilosophy of EducationTeaching Philosophy
The purpose of this study was to provide empirical evidence to support the validity of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model survey. The participants for this study were undergraduate and graduate students (n = 1173) enrolled in fully... more
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      Educational TechnologyBlended LearningFactor analysisCommunity of Inquiry
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      Self EfficacyCommunity of InquiryOnline DiscussionOnline Community
This article reports on the multi-institutional development and validation of an instrument that attempts to operationalize Garrison, Anderson and Archer's Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (2000). The results of the study suggest that... more
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      Research DesignSocial PresenceFactor analysisCommunity of Inquiry
Back cover text: Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian phronesis, represent an original perspective within the social... more
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      ScreenwritingCritical TheoryCritical TheoryCritical Theory
This paper presents a framework for online collaborative learning, also known as telecollaboration. At the centre of this flexible framework are online collaborative educational experiences where knowledge creation and knowledge in action... more
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      Higher EducationCollaborationOnline LearningCommunity of Inquiry
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      Community of InquiryPhilosophy for Children (P4C)Matthew Lipman
Much research has been conducted on the "Community of Inquiry" (CoI) framework in education however only a few studies have focused on the postgraduate context specifically. To address this gap, this paper reports the development of a CoI... more
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      Higher EducationCommunity of InquiryPostgraduate Education
Keywords: Blogs (web-logs) Sense of community Collaborative constructivism Community of inquiry Perceived learning Survey design Undergraduate teaching Higher education Technology
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      TechnologyComputer Assisted Language LearningElectronic publishingHigher Education
Garrison, suggested that online learning occurs through the interaction of three domains: cognitive presence, teaching presence and social presence. This online community of inquiry serves as "a conceptual framework that identifies the... more
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      Online LearningCommunity of Inquiry
The Human Element Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the Canvas open network was designed to be a connectivist experience exploring methods for humanization of online education. This MOOC introduced and discussed methods that faculty... more
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      EducationInstructional DesignEducational TechnologyDistance Education
This qualitative study examines how authority was negotiated in an undergraduate teacher education course. As the teacher of the course, I involved students in on-going processes of collaborative dialogue and deliberation about issues of... more
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      Democratic EducationTeacher EducationPedagogyNegotiation
School reform must begin with a clear and coherent focus on inquiry into student outcomes and links to school practices. Moreover, collaborative professional cultures must be based on evidence, open to new ideas, and committed to... more
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      Gender StudiesMentoringInquiry Based LearningTeacher Inquiry
The purpose of this chapter is to present the similarities and differences of three learning communities: communities of practice (CoPs), professional learning communities (PLCs), and professional learning networks (PLNs). For this... more
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      Online LearningCommunity of PracticeCommunity of Inquiry
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      Instructional DesignEducational TechnologyDistance EducationMixed Methods
This book offers the first-ever anthology of the work of the late philosopher of education Ann Margaret Sharp. From the early 1970s until their deaths just five months apart in 2010, Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp collaborated on... more
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      EducationPhilosophy of EducationEarly Childhood EducationCommunity of Inquiry
Phronetic organizational research is an approach to the study of management and organizations focusing on ethics and power. It is based on a contemporary interpretation of the Aristotelian concept phronesis, usually as ‘prudence’.... more
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      ScreenwritingCritical TheoryBusinessEntrepreneurship
Slide presentation in PDF format about an educational intervention proposal to foster a collaborative culture for inclusive special education in a junior highschool. The intervention is modelled after the Community of Inquiry framework,... more
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      Special EducationEducational LeadershipLeadership TheoryFollowership
The demands of the knowledge economy have placed renewed emphasis on graduate employability and the development of higher-order thinking skills. Preparing graduates for the workplace requires new instructional approaches to develop a... more
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      Critical ThinkingAuthentic LearningKnowledge EconomyHigher Order Thinking
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      Collaborative ResearchCommunity of Inquiry
a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Community of inquiry Social presence Cognitive presence Teaching presence Transcript analysis
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      Social PresenceCommunity of Inquiry
There are many different theories and principles upon which a researcher can use to model his/her research design – the one I want to talk about is Dewey’s theory of enquiry and why I adopted his method to inform and develop a conceptual... more
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      Reflective PracticeJohn DeweyCommunity of InquiryPHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN
El propósito de esta investigación fue identificar y describir qué procesos de validación siguen alumnos de segundo y tercer grados de educación secundaria en México para legitimar proposiciones, insertas en la resolución de problemas;... more
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This research, conducted by the author when a Senior Researcher at Newcastle University, UK, was funded by a UK governance organisation to help them assess, integrate and improve their understanding of the governed population.... more
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      Organizational BehaviorInformation SystemsManagementBusiness Administration
With the increasing pace of technological changes in the modern society, there has been a growing interest from educators, business leaders, and policymakers in teaching important higher-order skills which were identified as necessary for... more
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      E-learningDistance EducationEducational Data MiningCommunity of Inquiry
This guest blog post overviews Through a Different Lens' journey centring the voices and funds of knowledge of diverse learners as a means to pedagogical, curricular, and school transformation. It then delves into how partnering with... more
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      Inquiry Based LearningCommunity Engagement & ParticipationCollaborationPractitioner Inquiry
In this critical community self-study, we describe the development of the Interdisciplinary Disability and Inclusion Research Collaborative (IDIRC) at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. IDIRC is a self-organizing collective... more
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      Disability StudiesInterdisciplinarityCritical Disability StudiesAccessibility
This book aims to provide an overview of theoretical and practical considerations in terms of self-directed multimodal learning within the university context. Multimodal learning is approached in terms of the levels of multimodality and... more
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      E-learningDistance EducationBlended E-LearningSituated Learning
The research reported here grappled with the challenge of designing and facilitating teacher professional development that bridges theory and practice so as to enhance teacher practice and learning and student learning outcomes. A case... more
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      LiteracyInquiry Based LearningInclusive education (Learning And Teaching)Writing
Because of the apparent benefits of blended learning, an increasing number of classrooms are providing access to online collaboration tools through some form of learning platform. The challenge for schools today is to create learning... more
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      Appreciative InquiryInquiry Based LearningBlended LearningCommunity of Inquiry
Social presence theory explains how people present themselves as “real” through a communication medium and is a popular construct used to describe how people socially interact in online courses. Because of its intuitive appeal,... more
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      CommunicationEducationMedia StudiesInstructional Design
With a view to promoting scholarly argumentation, in this essay we consider issues addressed by Wendy Turgeon and Thomas E. Wartenberg in their essay, “Teaching Philosophy with Picture Books” in the second volume of Analytic Teaching and... more
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      EducationPhilosophy of EducationChildren's LiteratureCritical Pedagogy
Menurut Massialas dan Cox inquiry sosial merupakan pendekatan yang bisa digunakan untuk pendidikan ilmu-ilmu sosial. Perhatian mereka tertuju pada perbaikan terhadap masyarakat dengan memberikan solusi terhadap masalah-masalah sosial.... more
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      Appreciative InquiryInquiry Based LearningPractitioner InquiryModel-based Inquiry
THIS IS YOUR CUE: TIME TO TAKE ACTION Call upon the community or general public, parents and youths, mental health professionals, physicians and nurses, educators, Facebook and other internet social media, religious groups, athletes,... more
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      Creative WritingEntrepreneurshipMarketingRobotics
In the Fall of 2013 “The Human Element: An essential online course component” was facilitated on the Canvas Open Network. Lessons the authors learned upon reflection about design, pedagogy, and research led to the second iteration:... more
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      Industrial DesignDesign-based researchCommunity of InquiryMassive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
This article contributes to the literature on connectivism, connectivist MOOCs (cMOOCs) and rhizomatic learning by examining participant interactions, community formation and nomadic learner behavior in a particular cMOOC, #rhizo15,... more
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      Social Network Analysis (SNA)Social Network Analysis (Social Sciences)Community of InquiryConnectivism