Module Takeaways
- https://marian.instructure.com/courses/2176105/pages/types-of-presence-cognitive-and-social-presence
- https://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131516302469
- http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/hobart11/downloads/papers/Sinnappan-full.pdf
Community of Inquiry
This was quite a difficult topic/theory to comprehend in the beginning, so through the look out for further information I encountered this video which shows the example of 3/number of blind men and the elephant. It’s a clear example that on their own, people will not be able to fully grasp the knowledge of something, whereas if they communicate together like in the example of the elephant, they could put all the jigsaw puzzle pieces of information together.
PRACTICAL INQUIRY MODEL
Moreover, through COI model, one could also integrate the use of social media webpages, like facebook, whatsapp, twitter, instagram, etc. One just has to be careful how these are used. In my case I had decided that in order to implement this model as an example in an online course I would have chosen the below:
- Social Presence – Messenger Group Chat
- Since learners just need a basic way of communicating together, without the need to know a lot of information on each other and no requirement to become friends on Facebook, I suggested Messenger since it’s quite popular, everyone uses it and nowadays one can do a a lot apart from just chatting – from video calls, to share images and files on it. It’s where everyone can portray themselves as ‘real’.
- Since learners just need a basic way of communicating together, without the need to know a lot of information on each other and no requirement to become friends on Facebook, I suggested Messenger since it’s quite popular, everyone uses it and nowadays one can do a a lot apart from just chatting – from video calls, to share images and files on it. It’s where everyone can portray themselves as ‘real’.
- Cognitive Presence – Twitter
- although Twitter is not that popular in Malta compared to other countries, it’s very easy to use and to look for specific information through the # tags. Moreover, through the comments one of my colleagues had suggested this paper which speaks about the use of microblogging and twitter as an educational method.
- Another paper related to Microblogging to facilitate the COI model can be found here.
- In cognitive presence one would be able to exchange information, connect the different dots & ideas and apply accordingly.
- Teaching Presence – Facebook Page
- The use of a Facebook page in this case can be ideal since it can be controlled by the main person, in this case the instructor. Moreover, it’s a location where most students would spend a lot of their time on, so it’s a controlled friendly place which facilitates collaboration and reflection.
“The researchers found a rise in Twitter use frequency along the semester, as well as students’ perception about Twitter as a learning tool to increase course effectiveness. However, student participationwould be less satisfactory if tweetingwas voluntary.”
Tang, Ying & Hew, Khe. (2017). Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time?. Computers & Education. 106. 97-118. 10.1016/j.compedu.2016.12.004.
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Another takeaway here is a quick tutorial on blackboard collaborate for online discussions, chats, etc.
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