Social presence is not just about being nice, friendly, or approachable. While these are important, social presence also means ensuring there’s a cohesive community of learners who engage with the content in a deep and meaningful way. In a Community … Read More
As a child I spent a lot of time each summer in a canoe. So much so, that at 15 I was comfortable standing in a canoe and doing a complete 360 (a ‘test’ we had to do before heading … Read More
What is feedback? Wikipedia indicates that “feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to feed back into itself.” This definition may appear at first … Read More
Asking how we (the instructor) can get students to learn what we want them to learn is a flawed perspective. It has an air of authoritarianism on the part of the instructor, which leaves the student as a passive recipient … Read More
Cognitive presence, with its triggering event, exploration and integration, remind me of Jean Piaget’s concepts of assimilation and accommodation (which is a topic I cover in my courses). While Piaget focused on the cognitive processes of infants, it is highly … Read More