Beyond online discussions: Extending the community of inquiry framework to entire courses

Walter Archer

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2010) p. 69

A research group at the University of Alberta is attempting to apply the Community of Inquiry framework to all components of courses, rather than only the online discussion component.

Language: English

From Distance Education to Distributed Learning Surviving and Thriving

Kathleen Matheos; Walter Archer

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 12, No. 4 (2009)

Higher education is currently undergoing what may be its most significant change since the advent of the printing press in the fifteenth century. A number of socioeconomic forces, primarily globalization, have increased student mobility and created...

Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education

D.Randy Garrison; Terry Anderson; Walter Archer

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 2, No. 2 pp. 87–105

The purpose of this study is to provide conceptual order and a tool for the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and computer conferencing in supporting an educational experience. Central to the study introduced here is a model of community...

Language: English

Adopting Disruptive Technologies in Traditional Universities: Continuing Education as an Incubator for Innovation

Walter Archer; Terry Anderson; Randy Garrison

Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education Vol. 25, No. 1 (1999) pp. 13–30

Traditional universities are feeling the impact of "disruptive technologies" such as distance education. Seeing how businesses have responded to such disruptions, universities should "incubate" innovations in a semiautonomous unit such as continuing ...

The first decade of the community of inquiry framework: A retrospective

D. Randy Garrison; Terry Anderson; Walter Archer

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 5–9

This article provides a personal perspective about the development of the seminal papers associated with the Community of Inquiry Framework. The framework and its construction are described. The main part of the paper explores the evolution of the...

Language: English

Critical Thinking, Cognitive Presence, and Computer Conferencing in Distance Education

D Randy Garrison; Terry Anderson; Walter Archer

American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 15, No. 1 (2001) pp. 7–23

Presents encouraging empirical findings related to an attempt to create an efficient and reliable instrument to assess the nature and quality of critical discourse and thinking in a text-based educational context. Suggests that cognitive presence ...

Assessing Social Presence in Asynchronous Text-based Computer Conferencing

Liam Rourke; Terry Anderson; D Randy Garrison; Walter Archer

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 14, No. 2 (1999) pp. 50–71

Discusses computer conferencing in higher education, presents a community of inquiry model that includes benefits of computer conferencing, and discusses social presence, defined as the ability of learners to project themselves socially and...