Introduction From what I have learned thus far in OLTD, if I were to design a non-LMS online learning environment I would want it to include all three aspects of the Community of Inquiry Framework. The tools that I select must provide the ability to establish the social, cognitive, and teaching presences. I feel that if any of these three aspects are not present, the online learning environment would not be as successful as it could be. In order for a non-LMS based online learning environment to equal the functionality of an LMS based environment it needs to ensure that three critical areas are covered:
The toolkit provided below addresses these three areas while ensuring that the social, cognitive, and teaching presences of the CoI Framework can be established within the course. In selecting tools to use in my non-LMS build I tried not to include too many different websites and apps. I feel that asking students to use too many mediums to access course material, complete assignments, and collaborate with others can result in information overload and too much time spent learning how to use websites and apps rather than the content of the course. I have chosen to use the Google suite of apps as the primary tools because I feel that the ability of these apps to integrate and complement each other makes for a much more seamless and smooth user experience. Also students can access multiple apps and switch between apps easily with just one user account. 1. Building Community and Inspiring Discourse Of the three aspects of the CoI Framework, I believe that the social presence is the most important to building a successful online learning community. Programs and courses that overlook this key element are typically not successful in the long term as students can feel very disconnected and distant from their peers and instructors leading to a lack of motivation and low completion rates. The following tools can be used be build the social presence in an online learning community:
2. Providing Content, Interactivity, and Organization The non-LMS tools in this section provide instructors the ability to establish the cognitive and teaching presences of the CoI Framework. They can be used to create structure, organization, and content for an online learning course or program.
3. Assessment for and of Learning The non-LMS tools in this section also help to establish the social, teaching, and cognitive presences of the CoI Framework by ensuring that the course/program learning outcomes are achieved and opportunities for reflection and discourse are provided in assessment for and of learning.
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April 2018
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