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Student Perceptions of Teaching Presence, Social Presence, and Cognitive Presence in a Virtual World

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Presence - or having a sense of active participation - in distance education has increased \nwith the expanding use of and affordances of communications technologies. Virtual \nworlds have been on the forefront of popular and education technology in the last three \nyears and innovative methods of teaching and learning are emerging in these contexts. \nUsing the recently validated community of inquiry (COI) instrument, this study focuses on \nstudents’ perceptions of teaching, social and cognitive presence in virtual world contexts. \nThe authors examine whether the COI Instrument can effectively be applied to virtual \nworld learning events. The results are exciting: in a diverse sample, virtual world learners \nperceive teaching presence, social presence and cognitive presence.

Source: AUSpace (Athabasca University)

Authors: Ross McKerlich, Marianne Riis, Terry Anderson, Brad Eastman

Institutions: Athabasca University, Roskilde University, University College Copenhagen

Language: English

Topic: Online and Blended Learning

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2187466412

FWCI: 46.97

Cites: 28

Cited by: 110

Related to: 10