Type and degree of co-occurrence of the educational communication in a community of inquiry^*

* This research was conducted in University of Granada, Spain.

ABSTRACT

The study analyzes the type and quantity of co-occurrence of social, cognitive, and teaching presence in a Community of Inquiry (CoI). Content analysis of the virtual educational communication shows units of analysis that must be assigned to more than one category. By crossing the categories of the CoI model, we observe that Social Presence is involved in all of the crossings and that graphic, linguistic, and paralinguistic elements change the meaning of the communication in the social, cognitive, and teaching interaction. We demonstrate the communicative richness of the educational encounters in which Social Presence interacts with the other elements and draw conclusions about the importance of support for communication in virtual communication. We stress the need to analyze co-occurrences to achieve a full analysis of computer-mediated communication.

KEYWORDS:

• Community of inquiry
• computer-mediated communication
• co-occurrence
• virtual classrooms

Notes on Contributors

Elba Gutiérrez-Santiuste is a professor. She holds his PhD in Education from the University of Granada (Spain) and PhD in Education from Tor Vergata University (Rome, Italy). She received her Master's in Research and Innovation in Curriculum and Teacher Training. She is a online education specialist.

María-Jesús Gallego-Arrufat holds a PhD in Education Sciences from the University of Granada (Spain). She is a senior lecturer and coordinator of the Master's Program in Research and Innovation in Curriculum and Teacher Training at the UGR. She is the Director of the Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers (JETT).

Notes

* This research was conducted in University of Granada, Spain.