Build presence before content

The move: make the invisible classroom visible. Community of Inquiry framework is useful online because learners have less ambient context than they do in a physical room. The teacher cannot rely on eye contact, hallway questions, or the energy of the room to reveal confusion. The design has to make attention, expectations, practice, and feedback visible inside the platform. Community of Inquiry separates online learning presence into teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence. Teaching presence gives structure and direction; social presence lets learners feel that real people are in the room; cognitive presence moves them from exposure to inquiry…

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