Subject matter effects and the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework: An exploratory study

• Published in: The Internet and higher education Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 37 - 44
• Main Authors: Arbaugh, J.B., Bangert, Arthur, Cleveland-Innes, Martha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.01.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Academic disciplines; College Instruction; College Students; Communities of inquiry; Communities of Practice; Community of Inquiry; Computer Mediated Communication; Course Evaluation; Disciplinary differences in teaching and learning; Discipline; Distance Education; Electronic Learning; Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Research; Higher Education; Inquiry; Intellectual Disciplines; Internet; Learning; Online Courses; Online learning; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Teaching; Validity; Virtual Classrooms; Web Based Instruction; Online learning; Community of Inquiry; Disciplinary differences in teaching and learning

This paper integrates the emerging literatures of empirical research on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework and disciplinary effects in online teaching and learning by examining the disciplinary differences in perceptions of social, teaching, and cognitive presence of over 1500 students in seve...