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E-Learning in the 21st Century
The third edition of E-Learning in the 21st Century provides a coherent, comprehensive, and empirically-based framework for understanding e-learning in higher education. Garrison draws on his decades of experience and extensive research in the field to explore technological, pedagogical, and organizational implications. The third edition has been fully updated throughout and includes new material on learning technologies, MOOCs, blended learning, leadership, and the importance and role of social connections in thinking and learning, highlighting the transformative and disruptive impact that e-learning has recently had on education.
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220 pages, Paperback
Published October 5, 2016
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September 10, 2017
The Community of Inquiry model is a staple of e-learning. Garrison is a respected and appreciatively prolific author of authoritative distance education and e-learning works. He contrasts presentational (transmission-based) and transactional (negotiated) approaches to education, applying the educational community as the hinge of good practice. The Community of Inquiry model is a research-attested and very useful model for online education.
The only fault I suggest is that the Community of Inquiry model assumes online discourse to be *the* central component of effective online education. I suspect this hegemony may need some revision, not to minimise the power of online discourse but to perhaps draw more attention to alternative learning activities that also drive learning. Arguably, these might be assumed to be caught up in 'teaching presence'... my point, though, is that it is very possible to learn outside of any sense of actual community.
That I still give five stars is evidence enough that the 'only fault' suggested is not so deeply held as to not recognise the ongoing relevance of the CoI! This latest edition is well worth the read and having on shelf as a reference.
The only fault I suggest is that the Community of Inquiry model assumes online discourse to be *the* central component of effective online education. I suspect this hegemony may need some revision, not to minimise the power of online discourse but to perhaps draw more attention to alternative learning activities that also drive learning. Arguably, these might be assumed to be caught up in 'teaching presence'... my point, though, is that it is very possible to learn outside of any sense of actual community.
That I still give five stars is evidence enough that the 'only fault' suggested is not so deeply held as to not recognise the ongoing relevance of the CoI! This latest edition is well worth the read and having on shelf as a reference.
July 23, 2020
Read this for a class on online teaching. Definitely useful and I agree with a lot of the Community of Inquiry principles; I do think the framework could be expanded. At times the writing was a bit dense as well. However, definitely a must-read for those interested in collaborative constructivist approaches to online learning.
June 19, 2018
A nice, short, overview of the community of inquiry framework for those who are new to it. The book basically breaks down to 1/2 being about the CoI (discussing each part in details, and encompassing recent research), and 1/2 being application.
December 26, 2020
Essential reading for anyone teaching online or across digital and non-digital spaces.
October 21, 2023
Read this for my grad class this semester.
Pretty good book for a textbook :)
Pretty good book for a textbook :)
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