Since its publication in The Internet and Higher Education, Garrison, Anderson, and Archer's
[Garrison, DR, Anderson, T., & Archer, W.(2000). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment …

As universities across the nation turn to online delivery formats for many of their courses, the
question of optimal class sizes has become increasingly controversial. This article reviews …

The increase in the adop-tion of Internet-related technologies for online learning has been
accompanied by a parallel, but separate, demand for greater accountability in higher …

Mature students transitioning into their first year of higher education face many difficulties
that affect their motivation, participation and success. Their feelings of being disconnected …

Educators show great interest in participating in social-media communities, such as Twitter,
to support their professional development and learning. The majority of the research into …

This paper assesses the construct validity of the dimensions of teaching presence, one of
three types of presence articulated in Garrison, Anderson, and Archer's [Garrison, DR …

The purpose of this paper is to report on the results of a study that examines whether the
Community of Inquiry (CoI) dimensions of social, teaching, and cognitive presence …

With more than 4 million students enrolled in online courses in the US alone (Allen &
Seaman, 2010), it is now time to inquire into the nature of instructional effort in online …

While there are many studies on students' collaborative learning at the small group level,
pedagogies and strategies for supporting students' collaborative learning at the class level …

Faculty satisfaction is an essential component in an online teaching and learning
environment. The researchers of the current quantitative study identified factors that …