Community of Inquiry in Web Conferencing: Relationships between Cognitive Presence and Academic Achievements

In an increasingly digital society, educators are encouraged to use synchronous online technologies. This study attempts to explore the community of inquiry in a web conferencing system through synchronous interactions and focuses on the relationships between cognitive presence and academic achieve...

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Main Author: Ünal Çakiroğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) 2019-11-01
Series:Open Praxis
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Online Access:https://account.openpraxis.org/index.php/up-j-op/article/view/52
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description In an increasingly digital society, educators are encouraged to use synchronous online technologies. This study attempts to explore the community of inquiry in a web conferencing system through synchronous interactions and focuses on the relationships between cognitive presence and academic achievements. Participants were teacher candidates enrolled in a one-semester synchronous course at an online program of a public university. Community of Inquiry Questionnaire, final exam scores and student discussion messages were used to gather data. Results indicated that while moderate positive relationships were found between cognitive and social presences, no significant correlation was addressed between teaching and social presences and also between teaching and cognitive presences. In addition, cognitive presence was found moderately positive correlated with academic achievements. The role of the instructor and the affordances of web conferencing system positively influenced the students’ cognitive presences. Further research directions and practical implications about the synchronous instructions were also included.
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spelling doaj.art-726c8d6e4f83459497f51481267a04e42023-11-17T10:20:19ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis1369-99972304-070X2019-11-01113Community of Inquiry in Web Conferencing: Relationships between Cognitive Presence and Academic AchievementsÜnal Çakiroğlu0Trabzon University In an increasingly digital society, educators are encouraged to use synchronous online technologies. This study attempts to explore the community of inquiry in a web conferencing system through synchronous interactions and focuses on the relationships between cognitive presence and academic achievements. Participants were teacher candidates enrolled in a one-semester synchronous course at an online program of a public university. Community of Inquiry Questionnaire, final exam scores and student discussion messages were used to gather data. Results indicated that while moderate positive relationships were found between cognitive and social presences, no significant correlation was addressed between teaching and social presences and also between teaching and cognitive presences. In addition, cognitive presence was found moderately positive correlated with academic achievements. The role of the instructor and the affordances of web conferencing system positively influenced the students’ cognitive presences. Further research directions and practical implications about the synchronous instructions were also included. https://account.openpraxis.org/index.php/up-j-op/article/view/52synchronous online learningcommunity of inquiryweb conferencingcognitive presenceacademic achievements
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Community of Inquiry in Web Conferencing: Relationships between Cognitive Presence and Academic Achievements
Open Praxis
synchronous online learning
community of inquiry
web conferencing
cognitive presence
academic achievements
title Community of Inquiry in Web Conferencing: Relationships between Cognitive Presence and Academic Achievements
title_full Community of Inquiry in Web Conferencing: Relationships between Cognitive Presence and Academic Achievements
title_fullStr Community of Inquiry in Web Conferencing: Relationships between Cognitive Presence and Academic Achievements
title_full_unstemmed Community of Inquiry in Web Conferencing: Relationships between Cognitive Presence and Academic Achievements
title_short Community of Inquiry in Web Conferencing: Relationships between Cognitive Presence and Academic Achievements
title_sort community of inquiry in web conferencing relationships between cognitive presence and academic achievements
topic synchronous online learning
community of inquiry
web conferencing
cognitive presence
academic achievements
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