The Community of Inquiry Framework, Online and Blended Learning, and the i2Flex Classroom Model

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Author(s): Karen Swan (University of Illinois at Springfield, USA)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on K-12 Blended and Virtual Learning Through the i²Flex Classroom Model
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maria D. Avgerinou (American Community Schools (ACS), Athens, Greece)and Peggy Pelonis (American Community Schools (ACS), Athens, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7760-8.ch001

Keywords: Blended & Mobile Learning / Education / Information Science Reference / K-12 Education

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The community of inquiry (CoI) framework was developed by researchers at the University of Alberta who were interested in exploring the learning that took place among participants in online discussions. Garrison, Anderson, and Archer grounded their thinking in Dewey's progressive epistemology which placed inquiry within a community of learners at the center of the educational experience. The CoI model they created conceptualizes learning in online environments as supported by three interacting presences – social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence. This chapter will describe the CoI framework, briefly review research supporting its efficacy in online course design and implementation, and explore how the framework can be applied to blended and online learning environments in general and the i2Flex model in particular.

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