Community of Inquiry (CoI): A Framework for Social Work Distance Educators. Issue 4 (20th October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Micsky, Tami; Foels, Leonora
• Is Part Of: Journal of teaching in social work. Volume 39:Issue 4/5(2019)
• Page Start: 293
• Page End: 307
• Publication Date: 2019-10-20
• Subjects: Distance education -- online -- blended/hybrid/mixed-mode collaboration -- community of inquiry (CoI) -- constructivism; Social work education -- Periodicals; Social work education -- United States -- Periodicals; 361.32071
• DOI: 10.1080/08841233.2019.1642976
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0884-1233

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework, a research-based seminal work, provides a structure for integrating a collaborative constructivist approach in course design, implementation, and evaluation. The CoI framework suggests that by fostering three essential elements – social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence – a community of inquiry can be created to promote student engagement and learning. This paper will present the concepts of the CoI framework for social work educators to consider for distance education course design, implementation, and evaluation.