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Theoretical Challenges for Distance Education in the 21st Century: A Shift from Structural to Transactional Issues
Randy Garrison
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jun 01, 2000)
Randy Garrison Abstract The premise of this article is that theoretical frameworks and models are essential to the long-term credibility and viability of a field of practice. In order to assess the theoretical challenges facing the field of...
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Microcomputers and CAL in Adult Education
Randy Garrison
Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years Vol. 5, No. 10 (June 1982) pp. 22–23
Computer assisted learning has the capability to cope with the diverse needs and characteristics of the adult learner, to provide alternative means of reaching goals, to provide flexibility in pacing learning, and to provide for independent and self-...
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Implications of Online Learning for the Conceptual Development and Practice of Distance Education
Randy Garrison
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 23, No. 2 (2009) pp. 93–103
The purpose of this article is to examine the foundational principles and practices of distance education for the purpose of understanding recent developments in the areas of online and blended learning. It is argued that mainstream distance...
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A Blended Faculty Community of Inquiry: Linking Leadership, Course Redesign, and Evaluation
Norman Vaughan; Randy Garrison
Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education Vol. 32, No. 2 (2006) pp. 67–92
This article describes an institutional course redesign initiative in terms of leadership, support, and preliminary findings, based on the Inquiry Through Blended Learning (ITBL) program created to support faculty engaging in blended course redesign....
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Self-Directed and Distance Learning: Facilitating Self-Directed Learning beyond the Instititutional Setting
D Randy Garrison
International Journal of Lifelong Education Vol. 6, No. 4 (1987) pp. 309–18
Analyzes the concept of self-directed learning, focusing on the facilitation of self-directed learning in the noninstitutional setting. Clarifies self-directed learning and follows with an outline and discussion of the ability of distance education...
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Computer Conferencing: The Post-Industrial Age of Distance Education
D Randy Garrison
Open Learning Vol. 12, No. 2 (1997) pp. 3–11
Contrasts the dominant view of distance education as mass production and independent study (industrial model) with an emerging view incorporating interactive communications technology and personalized and collaborative learning (postindustrial model)...
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Beyond Independence in Distance Education: The Concept of Control
D Randy Garrison; Myra Baynton
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 1, No. 3 (1987) pp. 3–15
Discussion of learner control in the educational process focuses on adult distance education. Independence, power, and support are described as the three components of control of the learning process, and the concept of control as it relates to the...
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Instructional Design Considerations in Telewriter Applications to Distance Education
Doug Shale; D Randy Garrison
This paper describes an audio teleconferencing system enhanced with a microcomputer-based telewriting system and examines its application in the delivery of university courses in statistics, microcomputer applications in special education, nursing...
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Cognitive Presence in Online Learning
Heather Kanuka; D Randy Garrison
Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (March 2004) pp. 21–39
The purpose of this study was to advance understanding of how to facilitate higher levels of learning when using asynchronous text-based Internet communication technology. The framework used to guide this study is based on the community of inquiry...
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The Development of a Community of Inquiry over Time in an Online Course: Understanding the Progression and Integration of Social, Cognitive and Teaching Presence
Zehra Akyol; D Randy Garrison
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 12, No. 3 (December 2008) pp. 3–22
The purpose of this study was to explore the dynamics of an online educational experience through the lens of the Community of Inquiry framework. Transcript analysis of online discussion postings and the Community of Inquiry survey were applied to...
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Creating cognitive presence in a blended faculty development community
Norman Vaughan; D. Randy Garrison
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 8, No. 1 (2005) pp. 1–12
The focus of this study was to understand how a blended learning approach can support the inquiry process (cognitive presence) in a faculty development context. The findings from this study indicate that there are several key differences and...
Language: English
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Evaluating a Telewriter System To Enhance Audio-Teleconferencing: A Qualitative Search for Instructional Design Issues
Doug Shale; D Randy Garrison
An audioteleconferencing system enhanced with a microcomputer-based telewriting system was used for the delivery of an introductory statistics course designed for home study which was offered by Athabasca University. From the instructor's point of...
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Assessing metacognition in an online community of inquiry
Zehra Akyol; D. Randy Garrison
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 183–190
Metacognition is an important aspect of human intelligence and higher learning. There is the recognition that metacognition is not just a private internal activity but also socially situated. In this context, the purpose of this research is to...
Language: English
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Researching the community of inquiry framework: Review, issues, and future directions
D. Randy Garrison; J.B. Arbaugh
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 10, No. 3 (2007) pp. 157–172
Since its publication in "The Internet and Higher Education", Garrison, Anderson, and Archer's [Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education. "The...
Language: English
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Facilitating Cognitive Presence in Online Learning: Interaction is Not Enough
D Randy Garrison; Martha Cleveland-Innes
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (2005) pp. 133–148
This study assessed the depth of online learning, with a focus on the nature of online interaction in four distance education course designs. The Study Process Questionnaire was used to measure the shift in students' approach to learning from the...
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Adopting Disruptive Technologies in Traditional Universities: Continuing Education as an Incubator for Innovation
Walter Archer; Terry Anderson; Randy Garrison
Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education Vol. 25, No. 1 (1999) pp. 13–30
Traditional universities are feeling the impact of "disruptive technologies" such as distance education. Seeing how businesses have responded to such disruptions, universities should "incubate" innovations in a semiautonomous unit such as continuing ...
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Avoiding the Industrialization of Research Universities: Big and Little Distance Education
D Randy Garrison; Terry D. Anderson
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 13, No. 2 (1999) pp. 48–63
In contrast to the big industrial mode of distance education, an approach to distance education called "little distance education," is described that is consistent with the traditional goals and values of creating knowledge through a critical...
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The first decade of the community of inquiry framework: A retrospective
D. Randy Garrison; Terry Anderson; Walter Archer
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 5–9
This article provides a personal perspective about the development of the seminal papers associated with the Community of Inquiry Framework. The framework and its construction are described. The main part of the paper explores the evolution of the...
Language: English
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Transactional Issues in Distance Education: The Impact of Design in Audioteleconferencing
Terry D. Anderson; D Randy Garrison
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 9, No. 2 (1995) pp. 27–45
Reports on a study of student perceptions of learning via audioconferencing using two distinct instructional designs in university-level courses delivered at a distance. The use of field observations, interviews, focus groups, and mail surveys is...
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Critical Thinking, Cognitive Presence, and Computer Conferencing in Distance Education
D Randy Garrison; Terry Anderson; Walter Archer
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 15, No. 1 (2001) pp. 7–23
Presents encouraging empirical findings related to an attempt to create an efficient and reliable instrument to assess the nature and quality of critical discourse and thinking in a text-based educational context. Suggests that cognitive presence ...
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The Impact of Course Duration on the Development of a Community of Inquiry
Zehra Akyol; Norm Vaughan; D Randy Garrison
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 19, No. 3 (2011) pp. 231–246
This study investigated the effect of time on the development of a community of inquiry by examining an online course offered over two different time periods. The study was guided by the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (Garrison, Anderson, &...
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Role Adjustment for Learners in an Online Community of Inquiry: Identifying the Challenges of Incoming Online Learners
Martha Cleveland-Innes; Randy Garrison; Ellen Kinsel
International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 2007) pp. 1–16
This study outlines the process of adjustment learners experience when first participating in an online environment. Findings from a pilot study of adjustment to online learning environments validate differences found in three presences in an online ...
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Institutional change and leadership associated with blended learning innovation: Two case studies
D. Randy Garrison; Norman D. Vaughan
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 18, No. 1 (July 2013) pp. 24–28
This article documents the institutional change and leadership associated with blended learning innovation in higher education. Two case studies are provided that demonstrate how transformational institutional change related to blended teaching and...
Language: English
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Assessing Social Presence in Asynchronous Text-based Computer Conferencing
Liam Rourke; Terry Anderson; D Randy Garrison; Walter Archer
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 14, No. 2 (1999) pp. 50–71
Discusses computer conferencing in higher education, presents a community of inquiry model that includes benefits of computer conferencing, and discusses social presence, defined as the ability of learners to project themselves socially and...
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The relationship between course socio-epistemological orientations and student perceptions of community of inquiry
Zehra Akyol; Phil Ice; Randy Garrison; Rob Mitchell
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 66–68
The Community of Inquiry Framework is based on the premise that online learning is a collaborative constructivist activity. However, not all courses are similarly oriented. In general, courses can be divided into constructivist and objectivist. In...
Language: English
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Researching Online Communities of Inquiry: New CoI Survey Instrument
Karen Swan; Jennifer Richardson; Philip Ice; Peter Shea; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian Diaz; Randy Garrison
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5812–5820
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) provides a theoretical model of online learning processes that has been used by many scholars in the field of online education. However, research utilizing...
Topics: Educational Technology, Distance Education, Community, Instructional Design, Networking Technologies
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A Response to the Review of the Community of Inquiry Framework
Zehra Akyol; J Ben Arbaugh; Marti Cleveland-Innes; D Randy Garrison; Phil Ice; Jennifer C. Richardson; Karen Swan
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 23, No. 2 (2009) pp. 123–135
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has become a prominent model of teaching and learning in online and blended learning environments. Considerable research has been conducted which employs the framework with promising results, resulting in...
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Developing a community of inquiry instrument: Testing a measure of the Community of Inquiry framework using a multi-institutional sample
J.B. Arbaugh; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian R. Diaz; D. Randy Garrison; Philip Ice; Jennifer C. Richardson; Karen P. Swan
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 11, No. 3 (2008) pp. 133–136
This article reports on the multi-institutional development and validation of an instrument that attempts to operationalize Garrison, Anderson and Archer's Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (2000). The results of the study suggest that the...
Language: English
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Community of Inquiry Framework: Validation and instrument development
Ben Arbaugh; Marti Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian Diaz; Randy Garrison; Phil Ice; Jennifer Richardson; Peter Shea; Karen Swan
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (Jun 30, 2008)