Limitations of the Community of Inquiry Framework

Autor/in	Annand, David
Titel	Limitations of the Community of Inquiry Framework
Quelle	In: International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 34 (2019) 2, (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2292-8588
Schlagwörter	Inquiry; Communities of Practice; Interpersonal Communication; Online Courses; Higher Education; Constructivism (Learning); Cooperation; Cooperative Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Online course; Online-Kurs; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Co-operation; Kooperation; Kooperatives Lernen
Abstract	The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework is critiqued by examining differing assumptions of reality between the objectivist-rational and social constructivist paradigms. The conclusion is that most CoI research emerges from an objectivist-rational paradigm, not a social constructivist one. As a result, the framework's underlying premise that sustained, contiguous communication is necessary for effective learning to occur is called into question. This needs to be empirically tested. Implications for CoI research carried out to date and directions for future research are suggested. The types of questions that could be pursued in CoI research have been inadvertently limited by unchallenged assumptions that may mistake predominant online higher education practice for preferred. Overall, the value of the CoI framework as an adequate explanatory model for learning in online higher education needs to be more critically examined. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01