Search results for community of inquiry
Total records matched: 8443 Search took: 0.401 secs
35th Anniversary - SITE 2024 Attendees: if you are looking for papers from this conference, please use this special attendee-only 35th Anniversary - SITE 2024 search
-
Fostering Inquiry-based Learning in Technology-rich Learning Environments: The Inquiry Page in the GK-12 Fellowship Program
Bertram Bruce; Sharon Comstock; Delwyn Harnisch; Bharat Mehra
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 340–341
This paper analyzes the uses of the Inquiry Page in the National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship Program, where scientist-fellows and K-12 teachers partner to integrate the use of computer-based modeling, scientific visualization, and...
Topics: Computer Sciences, Science
-
Inquiry-Based Learning with or without Facilitator Interactions
Thushani Alwis Weerasinghe; Robert Ramberg; Kamalanath Priyantha Hewagamage
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 26, No. 2 (2012)
This paper discusses findings of a study investigating how students, in four online courses, engaged in inquiry-based learning with and without support from a facilitator. The investigation was conducted by analyzing discussions of the online...
-
Examining communities of inquiry in Massive Open Online Courses: The role of study strategies
Vitomir Kovanović; Srećko Joksimović; Oleksandra Poquet; Thieme Hennis; Pieter de Vries; Marek Hatala; Shane Dawson; George Siemens; Dragan Gašević
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 40, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 20–43
This paper examines the discrete learning strategies employed within a massive open online course and their relationship to the student learning experience. The theoretical framework centered on the Community of Inquiry model of online education,...
Language: English
-
Making Research Real: Classroom Inquiry on Teacher Web Pages
Ellen Hoffman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1161–1164
Too often, the required research course in education graduate programs is the class most dreaded by students. Action research is often cited as a way to make research relevant to teachers, but usually lacks the collaborative aspects that can...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Students
-
Emotional Presence in a Relationship of Inquiry: The Case of One-to-One Online Math Coaching
Stefan Stenbom; Stefan Hrastinski; Martha Cleveland-Innes
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 20, No. 1 (2016) pp. 41–56
Emotions have been confirmed to be a critical component of the process of learning. In the online Community of Inquiry theoretical framework, and the recently suggested online Relationship of Inquiry framework, emotions are considered a subsection...
-
Participatory Pattern Workshops: A Methodology for Open Learning Design Inquiry
Yishay Mor; Steven Warburton; Niall Winters
Research in Learning Technology Vol. 20 (2012)
In order to promote pedagogically informed use of technology, educators need to develop an active, inquisitive, design-oriented mindset. Design Patterns have been demonstrated as powerful mediators of theory-praxis conversations yet widespread...
-
ICT for Inquiry in Mathematics: A Developmental Research Approach
Anne Berit Fuglestad
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 28, No. 2 (April 2009) pp. 191–202
Computers and calculators are in general widely used in Norwegian schools, but with limited use in specific school subjects, as particularly in mathematics teaching. Various reports from surveys and research projects indicate that teachers’...
-
Teacher-led inquiry in technology-supported school communities
Konstantinos Michos; Davinia Hernández‐Leo; Laia Albó
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 49, No. 6 (November 2018) pp. 1077–1095
Learning design is a research field which studies how to best support teachers as designers of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) situations. Although substantial work has been done in the articulation of the learning design process, little is known ...
-
Toward the development of a metacognition construct for communities of inquiry
D.R. Garrison; Zehra Akyol
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 17, No. 1 (April 2013) pp. 84–89
Metacognition is a required cognitive ability to achieve deep and meaningful learning that must be viewed from both an individual and social perspective. Recently, the transition from the earliest individualistic models to an acknowledgement of...
Language: English
-
Shifting Classroom Teacher Perceptions of Learning Technologies through a Community of Practice and Community-Embedded Approach
Caroline M. Crawford
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 487–492
The intimidation and anxiety that so many classroom teachers experience are recognized as not merely undefined angst and self-efficacy based concerns related to a comfortableness associated with giving up a sense of teacher control and becoming more ...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
-
Scientific visualization as an expressive medium for project science inquiry
Douglas Norman Gordin
(1997) pp. 1–261
Scientists' external representations can help science education by providing powerful tools for students' inquiry. Scientific visualization is particularly well suited for this as it uses color patterns, rather than algebraic notation. Nonetheless,...
-
“Martian Boneyards”: Sustained Scientific Inquiry in a Social Digital Game
Jordis Asbell-Clarke
“Martian Boneyards”: Sustained Scientific Inquiry in a Social Digital Game (2011) pp. 1–335
Social digital gaming is an explosive phenomenon where youth and adults are engaged in inquiry for the sake of fun. The complexity of learning evidenced in social digital games is attracting the attention of educators. Martian Boneyards
-
Comprehensive Systems Design in Education: Selecting the Scope of Design Inquiry
Bela H. Banathy
Educational Technology Vol. 33, No. 4 (1993) pp. 33–35
Discussion of educational systems design focuses on a framework for exploring the scope of design options to help transform the existing educational system. Staying within the existing system, adjusting the boundaries by adding specific additional...
-
The Icelandic Educational Network: A critical incident inquiry
Unnar Thorsteinsson
The Icelandic@Educational@Network: A critical@incident inquiry (2001) pp. 1–158
This study examined conditions that have fostered and those that have hindered participation on one network (IEN). This study attempted also to examine how educators were utilizing the IEN services to support and promote their classroom teaching and ...
-
Eureka!: Advancing Cybersecurity Learning through Inquiry-Based Laboratories
Curby Alexander
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 954–958
Cybersecurity is rapidly becoming one of the most important industries in the world, in regards to the national, financial, and environmental well-being of every nation. There are currently about half a million cyber attacks every minute, and the...
Topics: Technology Policy and Practice, Workforce & Community College Education
-
Inquiry into the structure and roles of open online courses and online communities
George Siemens; Valerie Irvine
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1439–1444
In this paper, the authors analyze online communities and the recent development of open online courses (OOC) offered by traditional universities. Using the community of inquiry framework, the roles of educators and learners/participants are...
-
Genre theory and natural development of an online discourse community
Marcella Kehus
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 1873–1878
This case study examined how the form and function of a web-based environment for adolescent writers supported their writing and interactions around writing. The study focused on a group of adolescent writers given a private, non-anonymous space...
-
Providing Professional Development through Subject-matter, Technology Inquiry Groups
Anneke Ooms; Theresa Palmquist; Shantia Kerr; Joan Hughes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1896–1899
This paper situates an innovative approach to professional learning called "School Technology Inquiry Groups" within the research literature on teacher learning and offers a description of our local initiative in a large urban school district. This...
-
What are Student Perceptions of Community in Online Learning?
Judy Lambert
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 2158–2163
While current research tends to show that interaction and community lead to more positive learning outcomes, could it be that today’s students, as busy as they are, would prefer and perform just as well in distance learning environments where these...
-
Measuring the Community in Online Classes
Beth Rubin; Ronald Fernandes
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 17, No. 3 (October 2013) pp. 115–136
This paper proposes both theoretical and empirical approaches to differentiating the community of inquiry (CoI) in online classes at individual and group levels. Following the example of research on organizational climate, it assesses the strength...
-
Conversation as Inquiry: A Conversation with Instructional Designers
Katy Campbell; Richard A. Schwier; Richard F. Kenny
Journal of Learning Design Vol. 1, No. 3 pp. 1–18
Instructional designers regularly engage in a process of professional and personal transformation that has the potential to transform the culture of institutions through faculty-client relationships. Instructional designers promote new ideas and...
-
Fostering Inquiry-Based Learning Online: A Case Study
Gail Matthews-DeNatale
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1242–1243
Using examples from TERC/Lesley University recently developed online Master's in Science Education, this presentation will explore strategies for fostering inquiry within a distance learning environment. Achieving inquiry in a distance learning...
Topics: Teachers, Distance Education, Science, Classrooms
-
Becoming Chemists through Game-Based Inquiry Learning: The Case of "Legends of Alkhimia"
Yam San Chee; Kim Chwee Daniel Tan
Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 10, No. 2 (2012) pp. 185–198
Traditional modes of chemistry education in schools focus on imparting chemistry knowledge to students via instruction. Consequently, students often acquire the mistaken understanding that scientific knowledge comprises a fixed body of "proven"...
-
The Influence of Computer-Mediated Communication Systems on Community
Amanda J. Rockinson-Szapkiw
E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 9, No. 1 (2012) pp. 83–95
As higher education institutions enter the intense competition of the rapidly growing global marketplace of online education, the leaders within these institutions are challenged to identify factors critical for developing and for maintaining...
-
The Role of Wiki in Developing a Community of Learners
Jane Chin; Rebecca Luce-Kapler
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 1641–1646
This paper reports on a study involving the use of wiki in an English Language Arts curriculum course within the Bachelor of Education program at an Ontario university. It reports on the use of wiki in a setting in which there were multiple...
-
Promoting Inquiry and Critical Thinking in Online Discussion Boards
Patricia Comeaux; Ele McKenna Byington; Richard Huber
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1256–1262
The success of students' learning experiences in online discussion boards is highly dependent on the instructional design of the course and the specific tasks required in these online discussions. The purpose of this round table is to promote a...
-
Evolution of Teachers' Roles within an Online Community of Practice
Nancy Davis; Laurie Callihan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 307–314
This study considers the impact of an online community of practice on the learning and professional development of graduate science education master’s students who were all also practicing teachers. Members of the graduate online science education...
-
Communication Education in U.S. Community Colleges
Isa N. Engleberg; Richard C. Emanuel; Tasha Van Horn; David L. Bodary
Communication Education Vol. 57, No. 2 (April 2008) pp. 241–265
A comprehensive research project conducted by the Community College Section of the National Communication Association (NCA) investigated the status of communication education in U.S. community colleges. Contacts from 290 public community colleges in ...
-
Inquiry Based Curriculum for Middle School Teacher Preparation
Sharon Gronberg
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4571–4573
Nationally, there is an acute shortage of qualified mathematics teachers particularly at the middle school level. The Texas State University Department of Mathematics has two NSF grants which address these shortages in middle school mathematics...
Topics: Teachers, Mathematics, Schools, Middle School Education
-
Community Mapping: Putting the Pieces Together
Doug Andersen
Geography Teacher Vol. 8, No. 1 (2011) pp. 4–9
Many geography and technology educators have been attracted to geospatial technologies because of the potential to help students develop and demonstrate spatial and higher order thinking skills, only to be frustrated with implementation at the...
-
Technology Supported Inquiry Learning with Fathom: A Professional Development Project
Jeffrey Hovermill
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2917–2920
This paper describes a research project designed to support six practicing mathematics teachers to learn a dynamic statistics education software program, Fathom, and to critically practice and reflect on the integration of this learning technology...
Topics: Teachers, Mathematics, Integration, Educational Technology, Professional Development
-
Learning to Read: Inquiry-Based Practices, Technology and Reluctant Readers
Judy Martin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3983–3985
Learning to read is both an ordinary and a troublesome phenomenon in primary classrooms. This presentation follows the story of an ESL student in Grades One and Two as he overcomes his firm resistance to learning to read and write. It suggests ways...
Topics: Classrooms, Networking Technologies, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Children
-
From Tips of Icebergs to Depths of Inquiry: Ten Strategies for Deepening Online Dialogue
Rebecca Zambrano; Karen Franker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 577–583
Online discussions do not have to be flat or shallow. Many faculty who teach online express frustration at the prevalence of brief perfunctory discussion posts that do not add insight, perspective or depth to the discussion. Edgewood College faculty ...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education
-
Making a Case for Digital Inquiry: Using Wearable Video Technology to Engage in Perspective Taking and Inquiry
Cassidy Hall; Ricky Mullins; Melinda Davis; Jaap Vos
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 622–625
Technology integration and inquiry-based learning are not novel concepts. Nevertheless, the possibilities with integrating Pivothead Wearable Imaging technology lends a unique opportunity for impacting inquiry-based learning. In consideration of...
Topics: Teacher education and technology integration, Case, Scenario, Problem, Project -based learning, Learning technologies for transformational change
-
An epistemological analysis of the application of an online inquiry-based program in tourism education
Liwei Hsu
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 1 (Apr 03, 2014)
This paper was designed to investigate the application of an online inquiry-based program to European tourism from an epistemological perspective. Fifty tourism students (n = 50) participated in this study and their epistemological beliefs were...
-
Does a Community of Learners Foster Self-Regulated Learning?
Jos Beishuizen
Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 17, No. 3 (October 2008) pp. 183–193
Although self-regulated learning is considered as a characteristic of individual students, the question may be raised as to whether a community of learners with its emphasis on inquiry learning in teams of students provides an appropriate...
-
System-Wide Factors in Sustaining Technology-Based Inquiry Environments
Laura M. W. Martin
This paper suggests the importance of considering factors outside of the classroom in accounting for the presence of inquiry, and identifies some of these factors. The conclusions are based upon a study of staff developers and teachers who took part ...
-
Online Inquiry-Based Learning: A Multi-Disciplinary Interactive Unit
Pam Johnson
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 91–92
Modeling curriculum integration of technology is crucial to teachers being able to create meaningful activities for their classroom. From Myth to Millennium: Investigating the Tar Heel State provides 3rd -12th grade teachers with a model for an...
Topics: Teachers, Library, Schools, Classrooms
-
A Theoretical Framework for Online Inquiry-Based Learning
Jing Lin; Julie Tallman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 967–974
Current research on inquiry-based learning has biases by extensively focusing on the face-to-face contexts in the domains of mathematics and sciences and ignoring online contexts in other disciplines. This may be due to the following reasons. First, ...
-
Scientific Inquiry and Web-based Learning Environments: Emerging Perspectives
Minchi Kim; Michael Hannafin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1447–1453
This paper critically advances web-enhanced scientific inquiry as a pivotal perspective in classroom learning. In contrast with traditional inquiry approaches that emphasize ritualized, procedural approaches to science, scientific inquiry provides a ...
Topics: Students
-
Investigating Modes of Student Inquiry in Second Life as Part of a Blended Approach
Sheila Webber
International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 2010) pp. 55–70
This article discusses activities carried out in the virtual world of Second Life (SL) as part of a compulsory class in the first year of an undergraduate programme. The paper identifies the contribution of SL to the students’ learning environment...
-
Teaching About Water Contamination: Camp Lejeune A Digital Inquiry Lesson
Carolyn VanZandt
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 1336–1339
This paper is a report on the findings of a study conducted during a graduate level digital history course examining digital methods for graphic representations of narrative information for educational purposes. The authors utilized current ...
Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, Usability/User Studies, SIG: Emerging Technologies for Learning and Teaching
-
Inquiry, Immigration and Integration: ICT in Pre-service Teacher Education
Jennifer Lock
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 1 (March 2007) pp. 575–589
Within the Master of Teaching Program at the University of Calgary, two teacher educators collaborated in facilitating an inquiry-based project with a group of preservice teachers in examining real-world issues related to English as Second Language...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Teachers
-
Developing technology-supported inquiry practices in two comprehensive school classrooms
Hanna Salovaara; Piritta Salo; Marjaana Rahikainen; Lasse Lipponen; Sanna Järvelä
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1622–1627
There is indication that Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and accompanied inquiry-based pedagogical practices can enhance student learning. The aim of this study is to experiment CSCL and inquiry-based approach in real classroom...
Topics: Schools, Science, Computers, Students, Computer Sciences
-
Development of Social Presence in an Online Masters Degree Program: Engaging a Workbench Dialectic Inquiry Model
Henry Gillow-Wiles; Margaret Niess
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2327–2335
This cross-case descriptive study suggests a model for designing online courses that supports the development and growth of communities of inquiry. Borrowing from the world of science research literature, a workbench dialectic inquiry model was...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
-
Implementing Web-Based Scientific Inquiry in Preservice Science Methods Courses
Alec M. Bodzin
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 5, No. 1 (2005) pp. 50–65
This paper describes how the Web-based Inquiry for Learning Science (WBI) instrument was used with preservice elementary and secondary science teachers in science methods courses to enhance their understanding of Web-based scientific inquiry. The...
Topics: Integration, technology, Technology integration, teaching, Elementary Education, teacher preparation, Science, Science, Teaching Methods, Simulation, Science Education, eLearning, Inclusive Education
-
Exploring Cyberlearning: Inquiry-Based Mashups Combining Computer Science with STEM
Leanna Archambault; Wei-Tek Tsai; Kent Crippen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3867–3874
This paper explores inquiry-based learning as an instructional approach for students to learn mashup. Mashup involves incorporating two or more Web-based applications or data sets to compose new complex ones using visual programming tools. Even...
-
Photographic Inquiry and Educational Technologies: Generating Meaningful Narratives
Raji Swaminathan; Thalia M. Mulvihill
Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 9, No. 4 (2013) pp. 1–7
This article examines the possibilities of photography as a tool for Qualitative Research data collection, data analysis, and display. The authors argue that the new vanguard of Educational Technologies (ETs) further illuminates the analytical...
-
Fostering Vibrant Communities of Inquiry and Dynamic Collaboration in Synchronous Virtual Graduate Seminars
Annie Saint-Jacques
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1684–1689
Based on the preliminary findings of a qualitative doctoral research that took place in five Francophone and Anglophone North American universities this paper reports on efficient ways to engage graduate students attending virtual seminars. Grounded ...
-
Examining the practice of beginning teachers’ micropolitical literacy within professional inquiry communities
Marnie Curry; Kim Jaxon; Jennifer Lin Russell; Mary Alice Callahan; Jeanette Bicais
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 24, No. 3 (April 2008) pp. 660–673
This paper investigates beginning teachers collaboratively making sense of and responding to the micropolitical environments of their schools. Drawing on a qualitative multi-case study conducted within the context of a university-sponsored, inquiry...
Language: English