Communities of Inquiry in curriculum approach to online learning: strengths and limitations in context
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
21977
Abstract
The case study discussed in this article examines how the community of inquiry (CoI) model (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2010) was used to redesign the digital learning environment in the context of an Australian university. Some purposes were to replicate features of a traditional classroom and to support collaboration between professionals with different expertise. The discussion addresses three questions. Firstly, how useful was the CoI model in context and to what extent was the success (or failure) of the redevelopment attributable to the CoI? Secondly, what are the implications for current debates about the CoI model? Thirdly, what are the emergent issues and areas for future research? The paper concludes that the CoI model was useful as a communication and design heuristic rather than as a model that makes universal truth claims about the world.
DOI
10.14742/ajet.3026
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Cooper, T., & Scriven, R.(2017). Communities of inquiry in curriculum approach to online learning: Strengths and limitations in context. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 33(4), 22-37.
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