Community-Based Inquiry Lessons

Youngjin Song; Donna Ahlswede; Christina Clausen; Laura Herbig; J Steve Oliver

Science Teacher Vol. 77, No. 3 (March 2010) pp. 61–65

The National Science Education Standards suggest that students work as real scientists in the classroom (NRC 1996; 2000). To accomplish this task, the authors developed community-based inquiry lessons (CBILs) that provide students with the...

Determination of Perception of Community of Inquiry

Yusuf Ziya Olpak; Mustafa Yagci; Ugur Basarmak

Educational Research and Reviews Vol. 11, No. 12 (Jun 23, 2016) pp. 1085–1092

Community of inquiry (CoI) is the conceptual framework which describes critical prerequisite factors for deep and meaningful learning in online learning environments. Based on the literature concerning the CoI framework, it can be observed that...

Community of Inquiry: Social Presence Revisited

Karel Kreijns; Frederick Van Acker; Marjan Vermeulen; Hans Van Buuren

E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 11, No. 1 (2014) pp. 5–18

Social presence is a construct that has attracted the attention of many educational scholars involved in online collaborative learning settings wherein all the dialogue is happening through text-based asynchronous and synchronous communication...

The Community of Inquiry and Emotional Presence

Robin A. Majeski; Merrily Stover; Teresa Valais

Adult Learning Vol. 29, No. 2 (2018) pp. 53–61

The community of inquiry (COI) model identifies elements which are fundamental to a successful online learning experience, namely, teaching presence, cognitive presence, and social presence. The model has received empirical support as a useful...

Community of Inquiry Framework: Establishing Community in an Online Course

Judy L. Lambert; Juenethia L. Fisher

Journal of Interactive Online Learning Vol. 12, No. 1 pp. 1–16

Using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework, the author conducted a mixed method research study to examine the existence of the three CoI elements in a graduate-level educational technology online course. The author also looked at student...

Topics: Community

An Empirical Verification of the Community of Inquiry Framework

J B. Arbaugh

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 11, No. 1 (April 2007) pp. 73–85

The purpose of this paper is to report on the results of a study that examines whether the Community of Inquiry (CoI) dimensions of social, teaching, and cognitive presence distinctively exist in e-learning environments. The rest of the paper is...

A systematic review of the Community of Inquiry survey

Stefan Stenbom

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 39, No. 1 (October 2018) pp. 22–32

The purpose of this paper is to gain knowledge about the implementation and development of the Community of Inquiry survey. This paper describes a systematic review of peer-reviewed journal papers where the survey has been used to collect and...

Language: English

A Critique of the Community of Inquiry Framework

Cindy Xin

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 26, No. 1 (2012)

This conceptual paper critiques the popular Community of Inquiry framework (CoI) that is widely used for studying text-based asynchronous online discussion (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000). It re-examines the three main aspects of CoI (cognitive ...

The Development of an On-line Community of Inquiry

Anthony G. Rud

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 1995 (Jul 09, 1995)

A number of present-day authors have noted factors that can work against or pose a threat to a sense of community, including the American propensity for individualism, industrialization, and the growth of mass communication and information...

Developing a community of inquiry instrument: Testing a measure of the Community of Inquiry framework using a multi-institutional sample

J.B. Arbaugh; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian R. Diaz; D. Randy Garrison; Philip Ice; Jennifer C. Richardson; Karen P. Swan

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 11, No. 3 (2008) pp. 133–136

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 the...

Language: English

Using the Community of Inquiry Framework to Scaffold Online Tutoring

Xiaoying Feng; Jingjing Xie; Yue Liu

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr 04, 2017)

Tutoring involves providing learners with a suitable level of structure and guidance to support their learning. This study reports on an exploration of how to design such structure and guidance (i.e., learning scaffolds) in the Chinese online...

Reconceptualizing the community of inquiry framework: An exploratory analysis

Peter Shea; Suzanne Hayes; Sedef Uzuner-Smith; Mary Gozza-Cohen; Jason Vickers; Temi Bidjerano

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (October 2014) pp. 9–17

Constructs requiring additional conceptualization within the Community of Inquiry framework for online learning include the self- and co-regulatory processes students bring to online learning. This paper extends previous efforts to advance the...

Language: English

Negotiating authority through cultivating a classroom community of inquiry

Nathan D. Brubaker

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 28, No. 2 (February 2012) pp. 240–250

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 importance...

Language: English

The Online Crit: The Community of Inquiry Meets Design Education

Tene C. Barber

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 25, No. 1 (2011)

Asynchronous discussion technologies offer the advantage of providing time for reflection essential for higher order cognitive thinking. In the context of a ten-week graphic design foundations course in the Digital Graphic Design program at...

Community of Inquiry and Learning in Immersive Environments

Ross McKerlich; Terry Anderson

Online Learning Journal Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jan 04, 2008)

In higher education institutions around the world, educators and administrators are actively engaged in sometimes lively discussions about immersive environments and their application for learning. Innovative educators are excited about the...

Creating shared understanding through chats in a community of inquiry

David S. Stein; Constance E. Wanstreet; Hilda R. Glazer; Cheryl L. Engle; Ruth A. Harris; Susan M. Johnston; Mona R. Simons; Lynn A. Trinko

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (2007) pp. 103–115

This study investigated the process by which shared understanding develops in a chat learning space. It used a practical inquiry model to assess the development of cognitive presence. The study also explored how the pattern of conversation in...

Language: English

Measuring Community of Inquiry in an International Blended Learning Context

Jianxia Cao; Akinori Nishihara

Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 1128–1137

This paper measured the three core elements of the Community of Inquiry framework: teaching presence, social presence and cognitive presence in an international blended learning environment. Twenty-two students in TAIST-Tokyo Tech program took part...

Pushing the Boundary: Building a Community of Inquiry and Practice

Hong Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 373–378

Abstract: Technology has changed the way how people communicate, teach, learn, and live. This change has also changed the traditional definition of a community that is primarily relied on geographical locations. The current researches as well as the ...

Topics: Community, Change, Professional Development

Conceptualizing effective feedback practice through an online community of inquiry

Shih-Hsien Yang

Computers & Education Vol. 94, No. 1 (March 2016) pp. 162–177

This study applied Garrison, Anderson, and Archer's (2000) community of inquiry (CoI) framework to teacher learning by designing and investigating online participatory practice in which 14 prospective teachers (PT) were engaged in collectively...

Language: English

Article review - Social presence within the community of inquiry framework

Garrison

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan 17, 2012) pp. 250–253

Community of Inquiry Framework: Validation and instrument development

Ben Arbaugh; Marti Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian Diaz; Randy Garrison; Phil Ice; Jennifer Richardson; Peter Shea; Karen Swan

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (Jun 30, 2008)

Community of Inquiry in an Online Undergraduate Information Technology Course

Hwee Ling Lim

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 6 (2007) pp. 153–168

The Community of Inquiry (COI) theoretical framework suggests that successful higher education experiences are supported by the presence and interaction of cognitive, social and teaching elements. Since the COI model has been widely used for...

Assessing metacognition in an online community of inquiry

Zehra Akyol; D. Randy Garrison

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 183–190

Metacognition is an important aspect of human intelligence and higher learning. There is the recognition that metacognition is not just a private internal activity but also socially situated. In this context, the purpose of this research is to...

Language: English

On the Nth presence for the Community of Inquiry framework

Kadir Kozan; Secil Caskurlu

Computers & Education Vol. 122, No. 1 (July 2018) pp. 104–118

The purpose of the present study was to provide a comprehensive and descriptive review of the earlier research done on the refinement of the Community of Inquiry framework (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000, 2001, 2010) that has greatly influenced...

Language: English

Building the Community of Inquiry through Asynchronous Online Discussions

Yu-mei Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3176–3177

To promote student higher order learning in asynchronous online discussions, it is essential that the discussion is carried out in the context of the community of inquiry. The major purpose of implementing online discussions in university courses...

Social presence within the community of inquiry framework

David Annand

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 12, No. 5 (Jun 29, 2011) pp. 40–56

The role of social presence as defined by the community of inquiry (CoI) framework is critiqued through a review of recent literature. Evidence is presented that questions the actual extent of knowledge co-construction that occurs in most higher...

Affect as a Presence in the Community of Inquiry Model

Prisca Campbell; Martha Cleveland-Innes

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 6, No. 2 (Jul 01, 2005)

Let’s reflect on MOOCs, Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Community of Inquiry.

Dodzi Amemado

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 2696–2700

This paper offers a reflection on the possibility to link MOOCs, Interdisciplinarity and Community of Inquiry. We live in a world where problems cross more than one disciplinary boundary. Sciences and disciplines need to engage in a collaborative...

Topics: Other: Research, Library Issues, etc.

Community of Inquiry: Research-Based Learning for Inclusive Practice

Benjamin Brass; Heike de Boer

International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education Vol. 3, No. 2 (July 2018) pp. 45–59

This article establishes a connection between research-based learning and the development of inclusive practices in teacher education with a special focus on pre-service teachers' ways of talking in philosophical dialogues with children. Adopting an ...

Community of Inquiry in an Online Undergraduate Information Technology Course

Hwee Ling Lim

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2007) pp. 153–168

The Community of Inquiry (COI) theoretical framework suggests that successful higher education experiences are supported by the presence and interaction of cognitive, social and teaching elements. Since the COI model has been widely used for...

Community of Practice and Community of Inquiry: A Question of Practicality

Roger Antonio Chambers

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 1265–1269

Learning theories and framework have continued their evolution with consideration of technology and the affordances of virtual connections. Social constructivist learning theorists have agreed that meaningful learning takes place through community....

Topics: online learning environments, Learning Communities

Correlating community college students' perceptions of community of inquiry presences with their completion of blended courses

Amy E. Traver; Edward Volchok; Temi Bidjerano; Peter Shea

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 1–9

Community colleges enroll more online learners than any other institution in higher education in the United States. While online community college courses expand access to higher education, their high attrition rates negatively impact student...

Language: English

Use of Facebook for the Community Services Practices course: Community of inquiry as a theoretical framework

Esra Keles

Computers & Education Vol. 116, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 203–224

This study examines an online learning community created on Facebook (FB) for the Community Services Practices (CSP) course at the Faculty of Education, Karadeniz Technical University. The study aims to analyze FB group shares and prospective...

Language: English

An investigation into the community of inquiry of blended classrooms by a Faculty Learning Community

David A. Wicks; Baine B. Craft; Geri N. Mason; Kristine Gritter; Kevin Bolding

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 25, No. 1 (April 2015) pp. 53–62

A Faculty Learning Community (FLC) comprised of six professors representing different disciplines came together to study, develop, and teach blended learning courses. As an FLC, the researchers sought to evaluate student perceptions of the blended...

Language: English

Online Education from the Perspective of Community College Students within the Community of Inquiry Paradigm

Theresa Capra

Community College Journal of Research and Practice Vol. 38, No. 2 (2014) pp. 108–121

This article describes a qualitative inquiry that explored the phenomenon of online learning on a community college campus within the paradigm of Community of Inquiry (CoI). The learning experience of 15 community college students taking fully...

Topics: Community, Students

Knowledge community and inquiry in secondary school science

Vanessa Lynn Peters

(2010) pp. 1–182

This design-based study was the first empirical investigation of a new model of learning and instruction called Knowledge Community and Inquiry (KCI). In KCI, students are engaged as a learning community as they work on scaffolded inquiry activities ...

Teachers writing about math: Exploring inquiry in an online community

Brenda McLoughlin

(2012) pp. 1–111

This study followed three elementary-school teachers as they engaged in online discussions about inquiry-based mathematics teaching, and wrote and tested inquiry lessons for their own classrooms. In an inquiry lesson, students bring their own...

K-12 Community of Inquiry: A case study of the applicability of the Community of Inquiry framework in the K-12 learning environment

Kyle Sanders; Anissa Lokey-Vega

Journal of Online Learning Research Vol. 6, No. 1 (May 2020) pp. 35–56

Teaching practices and rationales of experienced online social studies teachers at one fully online high school in the southeastern United States were aligned with the Community of Inquiry theoretical framework using the descriptive case study...

How Compatible Are Communities of Inquiry and the Internet? Some Concerns about the Community of Inquiry Approach to E-Learning

Jennifer Bleazby

E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 9, No. 1 (2012) pp. 1–12

There is an extensive body of literature which argues that the Internet supports student-centred learning, collaboration, community, higher-order thinking and the construction of meaning and knowledge. As such, many e-learning advocates have turned...

Examining the Reliability and Validity of a Turkish Version of the Community of Inquiry Survey

Yusuf OLPAK; Ebru KILI AKMAK

Online Learning Journal Vol. 22, No. 1 (Mar 01, 2018)

The aim of this study was to describe the validity and reliability of a Turkish language version of the CoI survey developed by Arbaugh et al. (2008). Adaptation of the survey into Turkish is described. Data was obtained from 1150 students who study ...

Virtual Inquiry Experiences

Danielle Harlow; Katy Nilsen

Science and Children Vol. 49, No. 4 (December 2011) pp. 42–45

Children in classrooms and scientists in laboratories engage in similar activities: they observe, ask questions, and try to explain phenomena. Video conferencing technology can remove the wall between the classroom and the laboratory, bringing...

The Roles of Extrinsic Factors in a Community of Inquiry Model of E-Learning

Richard Lee; Margaret Faulkner

E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 8, No. 1 (2011) pp. 58–67

Despite its proliferation in higher learning institutions, e-learning has been criticised as being nothing more than trivial online conversations, or a mere means of delivering class materials electronically. If e-learning is to address such...

Digital Historical Inquiry Project

Peter Doolittle; Philip Molebash; John Lee; David Hicks; Cheryl Bolick

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3155–3158

The Digital Historical Inquiry Project is an effort to create and grow a consortium of schools and colleges of education interested in promoting historical inquiry in the preparation of pre-service social studies teachers. The Consortium will...

Topics: Teachers, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Schools

The Impact of Course Duration on the Development of a Community of Inquiry

Zehra Akyol; Norm Vaughan; D Randy Garrison

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 19, No. 3 (2011) pp. 231–246

This study investigated the effect of time on the development of a community of inquiry by examining an online course offered over two different time periods. The study was guided by the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (Garrison, Anderson, &...

An Investigation of Traditionally-Aged College Students' Perceptions of the Community of Inquiry

Karen Vignare

(2012) pp. 1–134

Online learning courses are taken by nearly 31% of college students (Allen & Seaman, 2011). The majority of those enrolled in online learning are graduate and non-traditional undergraduate students. Survey data from multiple sources show a growing...

A case study of the community of inquiry of the online workshop in Japan

Eri Ono

(2013) pp. 1–109

This study explores collaborative online learning experiences of Japanese in-service teachers. Since 2009, Japanese teachers are required to take 30-hour of mandatory professional development seminars every 10 years. It has been four years since the ...

Examining the Reliability and Validity of a Turkish Version of the Community of Inquiry Survey

Yusuf Ziya Olpak; Ebru Kiliç Çakmak

Online Learning Vol. 22, No. 1 (2018) pp. 147–161

The aim of this study was to describe the validity and reliability of a Turkish language version of the CoI survey developed by Arbaugh et al. (2008). Data were obtained from 1150 students enrolled in online courses in various departments in three...

Searching for Evidence of a Community of Inquiry in an Online Professional Development Course

Elsa Billings

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2733–2737

This study investigated the development of an online Community of Inquiry (COI) amongst a cohort of 21 California teachers enrolled in an online professional development course on diversity preparation. The course was one of a year-long course...

Assessing the Integration of New Technologies in Online Courses with the Community of Inquiry Framework Survey

Phil Ice

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1902–1904

With the rapid evolution of new technologies, online instructors are confronted with difficult choices related to implementation. Specifically, there is a lack of well defined standards for evaluating the efficacy of new technologies in online...

Community of Inquiry and Perceived Learning: The Impact of Blended Learning among High School Students

Kyleigh Harrell; Jillian Wendt

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2017 (Jun 20, 2017) pp. 501–508

This causal comparative, quantitative study examined how blended learning impacts high school learners’ community of inquiry (CoI) and perceived learning in comparison to online instruction. The study answered the following research questions: (a)...

Topics: improving classroom teaching, Evaluation of Impact, SIG: Learning Design