Exemplary Online Educators: Creating a Community of Inquiry

dc.creator	Margaret EDWARDS
dc.creator	Beth PERRY
dc.date	2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:01Z
dc.identifier	1302-6488
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cdf124a600ef40acb20c1cb18fc259b9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17313
dc.description	Exemplary Online Educators: Creating a Community of Inquiry Associate Professor Beth PERRY RN, PhD Centre for Nursing and Health Studies,Athabasca University - CANADA Associate Professor Margaret EDWARDS RN, PhDCentre for Nursing and Health Studies,Athabasca University - CANADA ABSTRACT As more university courses are offered online educators have much to learn regarding how to use this technology to facilitate effective learning. Some educators have mastered online teaching and are regarded by their students as highly effective. Researchers in this study consulted graduate students who had completed their degrees by online distance learning and asked them describe what they found made certain professors exemplary. Findings reveal that highly effective online instructors challenge and affirm learners. As well, the exemplary online educators establish a clear presence in the virtual classroom and are regarded by students as persons of influence. When the Community of Inquiry ( Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, n.d.) model is used to situate the findings, elements of social, cognitive and teaching presence are evident in the approaches used by exemplary online educators. These study results have implications for the recruitment and selection of new faculty members and for the ongoing coaching and development of current faculty with the overall goal of enhanced quality of online education.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
dc.relation	http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde18/pdf/article_6.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-6488
dc.source	The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 45-54 (2005)
dc.subject	online educators
dc.subject	effective learning
dc.subject	online distance learning
dc.subject	Community of Inquiry
dc.subject	exemplary online educators
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Exemplary Online Educators: Creating a Community of Inquiry
dc.type	article