The Community of Inquiry in Writing Studies Survey: Interpreting Social Presence in Disciplinary Contexts
This article applies the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to a particular disciplinary context: first-year writing (FYW). Students enrolled in online FYW courses across three institutions (n = 272) completed a version of the CoI survey that was slightly modified to fit the disciplinary context...
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This article applies the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to a particular disciplinary context: first-year writing (FYW). Students enrolled in online FYW courses across three institutions (n = 272) completed a version of the CoI survey that was slightly modified to fit the disciplinary context of writing studies. A factor analysis was conducted to determine how well the CoI in Writing Studies data aligned with typical CoI survey research; teaching presence and cognitive presence loaded onto single factors, but the social presence items divided into multiple factors. The authors put their findings in conversation with other scholarship about social presence, especially Carlon et al. (2012) and Kreijns et al. (2014), and advocate for differentiating between survey items that relate to “social presence,” “social comfort,” “attitude,” and “social learning.” They also recommend that future disciplinary uses of the CoI Survey include survey items that ask students to report on the extent to which they engaged in the types of social learning that the discipline values.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b1ab5e34506436f911ac76b3afc44e02024-02-03T08:25:29ZengOnline Learning ConsortiumOnline Learning2472-57492472-57302021-06-0125210.24059/olj.v25i2.2275The Community of Inquiry in Writing Studies Survey: Interpreting Social Presence in Disciplinary ContextsMary K. Stewart0Lyra Hilliard1Natalie Stillman-Webb2Jennifer M. Cunningham3California State University San MarcosUniversity of MarylandUniversity of UtahKent State University This article applies the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to a particular disciplinary context: first-year writing (FYW). Students enrolled in online FYW courses across three institutions (n = 272) completed a version of the CoI survey that was slightly modified to fit the disciplinary context of writing studies. A factor analysis was conducted to determine how well the CoI in Writing Studies data aligned with typical CoI survey research; teaching presence and cognitive presence loaded onto single factors, but the social presence items divided into multiple factors. The authors put their findings in conversation with other scholarship about social presence, especially Carlon et al. (2012) and Kreijns et al. (2014), and advocate for differentiating between survey items that relate to “social presence,” “social comfort,” “attitude,” and “social learning.” They also recommend that future disciplinary uses of the CoI Survey include survey items that ask students to report on the extent to which they engaged in the types of social learning that the discipline values. https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/2275community of inquiryfirst-year writingblendedonlineCoI survey |
| spellingShingle | Mary K. Stewart Lyra Hilliard Natalie Stillman-Webb Jennifer M. Cunningham The Community of Inquiry in Writing Studies Survey: Interpreting Social Presence in Disciplinary Contexts Online Learning community of inquiry first-year writing blended online CoI survey |
| title | The Community of Inquiry in Writing Studies Survey: Interpreting Social Presence in Disciplinary Contexts |
| title_full | The Community of Inquiry in Writing Studies Survey: Interpreting Social Presence in Disciplinary Contexts |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Community of Inquiry in Writing Studies Survey: Interpreting Social Presence in Disciplinary Contexts |
| title_short | The Community of Inquiry in Writing Studies Survey: Interpreting Social Presence in Disciplinary Contexts |
| title_sort | community of inquiry in writing studies survey interpreting social presence in disciplinary contexts |
| topic | community of inquiry first-year writing blended online CoI survey |
| url | https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/2275 |
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