CoI

Since its publication in 2000, Garrison, Anderson, and Archer’s keystone article Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education  introducing the community of inquiry (CoI) framework has generated substantial interest among online learning researchers. (The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-105.)

This page provides research studies articles that have applied the Community of Inquiry as a theoretical framework or focused on one presence of the framework to explore dynamics of online and blended learning.  Articles are categorized by focus of research as follows:

• CoI Papers
• Cognitive Presence Papers
• Social Presence Papers
• Teaching Presence Papers
• Methodology Papers
• Critiques and Responses
• eZine and news articles
• Dissertations

Articles are listed in descending publication order, (most recent at top).  For a Google Scholar up-to-the-minute list of publications citing the seminal article, click here:  Google Scholar CoI Search