Category: CTL1609

Social Presence & Co-construction

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Week 3: This week’s focus was on varying definitions of the concept of Social Presence and its importance in education. Although there are differing definitions of Social Presence (see Lowenthal & Snelson, 2017), I found Garrison and Arbaugh’s definition of Social Presence within the Community of Inquiry framework to be a useful starting point; they […]

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CTL1609 – Computer Mediated Communication

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‘What does CMC mean to me and my thinking about teaching and learning in an online context? I understood Computer Mediated Communication, in a very literal sense, to be communication conducted through technological devices – text messages, video chat, email, discussion boards, social media, etc.In Education, I think CMC is often conflated with online/digital learning […]

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