📚 Module 4: Material

Recommendations on how to study the material

The following material is mandatory and placed in the recommended reading order, with instructions.

Mandatory preparation for the first seminar

Study these two video on the day before the seminar:

  1. What is Constructivism? (youtube) Links to an external site..
  2. Introduction to the Community of Inquiry framework (youtube) Links to an external site..

Read in detail: Stenbom, S., & Cleveland-Innes, M. (2024). Introduction to the Community of Inquiry theoretical framework Download Introduction to the Community of Inquiry theoretical framework. In M. Cleveland-Innes, S. Stenbom, & D. R. Garrison (Eds.), The Design of Digital Learning Environments: Online and Blended Applications of the Community of Inquiry (1 ed., pp. 3-25). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003246206-2 Links to an external site. (Use this link to download the PDF Download this link to download the PDF)

Mandatory preparation for the assignment

You should have read through this material before starting with the assignment for this module.

Read in detail: Chapter 5, page 53 – 65 and Chapter 7, page 87 – 99 from Garrison, D. R. (2015). Thinking collaboratively: Learning in a community of inquiry Links to an external site.. Routledge.

Optional

The following material is optional, but relevant.

Website

The Community of Inquiry blog (website) Links to an external site..

Video

Constructivism in Education (youtube) Links to an external site..

Journal paper

Books

Optional reading is the other chapters from the books where the compulsory literature has been selected. In addition, there are some additional books listed here.