Abstract
With increased demands for online courses, instructors are challenged to facilitate discussions that promote critical thinking and mastery of content. Synchronous and asynchronous discussion forums are used to create a Community of Inquiry (COI) across four respective disciplines and areas: English as a Second Language (ESL), Teacher Education, Industrial Technology, and Human Resource Development (HRD). Understanding the benefits and limitations of each forum and their applications allows instructors to facilitate quality online discussions that foster development of social, cognitive and teaching presence.
Description
This article was first published in Academic Exchange Quarterly, here: http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5284v3.pdf.
Publisher
Rapid Intellect Group, Inc.
Date of publication
Summer 2013
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/464
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Delello, Julie A.; Everling, Kathleen M.; McWhorter, Rochell; and Lawrence, Heshium, "Fostering Presence in Online Discussion" (2013). Education Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 12.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/464
Publisher Citation
Delello, J. A., Everling, K. M., McWhorter, R. R., & Lawrence, H. (2013). Fostering online discussions. Academic Exchange Quarterly.