A HUGE thank you to Michelle Jennings and Jim Barry for your presentation today about Building Online Communities! Keep this Framework in mind as you are completing this week’s post:
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/761/building-an-online-learning-community
- Teaching presence is the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes toward the goal of meaningful and educationally worthwhile learning outcomes.
- Social presence is the ability of participants to identify with the group, communicate in a trusting environment, and develop social relationships by way of expressing their individuality.
- Cognitive presence is the exploration, construction, resolution, and confirmation of understanding.