Teaching blended learning through a blended community of inquiry
1. Teaching blended learning through a
blended community of inquiry
A course for faculty in Sweden
M. Cleveland-Innes, Ph.D.
S. Stenbom, PhD candidate
2. Session Objective
Foster a community of inquiry
to review creating a community of inquiry
about creating a community of inquiry in a
blended higher education environment.
3. Agenda
Introduction exercise
(SP – open communication and affective expression)
Objectives review
(TP – design and organization)
Presentation
(TP – direct instruction)
Questions to the audience
(CP – trigger event, exploration, integration, resolution)
Questions from the audience
(TP – facilitation)
Door prize draw
(SP – group cohesion)
5. “Information technology as an integral part of everyday
life has altered conditions for university studies
fundamentally by 2027. Competition is becoming global
when courses, to an ever larger extent, are offered via
cloud computing networks and when teaching materials
are becoming omnipresent. e-education is a self-
evident part of competitive bids for university studies.
There is a special challenge in acquiring and
maintaining a leading position in both ICT research and
e-education.”
CSSHE2013VICTORIA,B.C
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6. Facts
• Founded 1827.
• 17 000 students.
• 1 800 PhD candidates.
• 4 800 employees.
Degrees
• Bachelor, master and doctoral
degrees in engineering.
• Master of Architecture.
• Teacher certificate for K-12.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
7. In order to be appointed as associate
professor (or full professor) at KTH
one must have 10 weeks of courses in
Teaching and Learning in Higher
education.
8. Courses in Teaching and Learning at KTH
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Teaching Strategies and Design
for Online and Blended Learning
Leading Educational
Development
Learning for Sustainable
Development
Project in Educational Science
5 weeks
2 weeks
3 weeks
9. TEACHING STRATEGIES AND DESIGN FOR
ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING
Learning Objectives
1. Review, consider and critique principles of blended teaching
in higher education.
2. Examine teaching issues with other faculty and identify
possible intervention strategies using ICTs.
3. Integrate instructional theory and practice using ICTs in a
way that is relevant and connected to your own discipline.
4. Create and test a module where blended delivery strategies
are used.
10. 7 Principles of
Blended & Online Learning
1. Design for open communication & trust
2. Design for critical reflection & discourse
3. Create and sustain sense of community
4. Support purposeful inquiry
5. Ensure students sustain collaboration
6. Ensure that inquiry moves to resolution
7. Ensure assessment is congruent with
intended learning outcomes
Vaughan, Cleveland-Innes, & Garrison, 2013
11. Community of Inquiry Framework
Social Presence
The ability of
participants
to identify with the
community (e.g., course
of study), communicate
purposefully in a trusting
environment, and
develop inter-personal
relationships by way of
projecting their
individual personalities.
Cognitive Presence
The extent to which
learners are able to
construct and confirm
meaning through
sustained reflection
and discourse in a
critical community of
inquiry.
Teaching Presence
The design, facilitation and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of
realizing personally meaningful and educationally worthwhile learning outcomes
12. Creating the blend
Face-to-face Virtual
Teaching
presence
Design
Facilitation
Direct instruction
Design
Facilitation
Direct instruction
Social
presence
Open
communication
Affective
expression
Group cohesion
Open communication
Affective expression
Group cohesion
Cognitive
presence
Triggering event
Exploration
Integration
Resolution
Triggering event
Exploration
Integration
Resolution
13. Outcomes and participant evaluation
• Twenty-nine course evaluation questions Likert scale 0-5
• Average 4.36; sd .73; range 3.64 – 4.91
Bricks
• AdobeConnect poor technically and pace was too slow
• More concrete examples and practical advice
• Train in AdobeConnect in f2f meetings
Bouquets
• Gets you in the seat of the students for blended learning
• Provides theoretical backbone
• Flexibility and engagement
14. Key learning for instructors
- Disciplinary clusters
- Disciplinary examples
- Balance theory with increased techniques and
tools
- Importance of margin for learning
- Longitudinal implementation
- Change balance and sequence of f2f and online
sessions
15. Next steps
Revise based on pilot feedback
Consider options for on-going community
Increase disciplinary literature and examples
Integrate with workshops on technology
16. Which of the three presences is
the leading presence in a blended
learning environment?
18. Community of Inquiry Interactive Site coi.athabascau.ca
University of Ottawa – Blended Learning Initiative
http://www.saea.uottawa.ca/index.php?option=com_content&vie
w=article&id=128&Itemid=140&lang=en
CIDER Session on Blended Learning
http://cider.athabascau.ca/
Hybrid Teaching and Learning at Augsburg
http://engage.augsburg.edu/hybrid/2014/05/08/marti-cleveland_inness-
response-to-invitation-to-comment/
