Now that we’ve explored the Community of Inquiry and types of presence, let’s consider how you might measure your students’ engagement and your facilitation.

How can I know students are engaged?

There are several ways you can observe and measure student engagement in your online course.

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Assessing your facilitation

Ensuring that you establish and maintain cognitive, social, and teaching presence throughout a course can help promote student engagement. The Assessing Online Facilitation Instrument is a helpful checklist for assessing your facilitation throughout a course.

Reflect

Before you begin the next module, take a moment to reflect on what you have learned.

References

Anderson, T., Rourke, L., Garrison, D. R., & Archer, W. (2001). Assessing teaching presence in a computer conferencing context. Journal of Asynchronous Learn-ing Networks, 5(2).

Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education model. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-105.

Swan, K., Garrison, D. R., & Richardson, J. (2009). A constructivist approach to online learning: The community of inquiry framework. In C. R. Payne (Ed.), Information technology and constructivism in higher education: Progressive learning frameworks (pp. 43-57). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.