By Debra Beck - Evolllution. One of the three core components of the Community of Inquiry online learning framework, cognitive presence develops around two key concepts: practical inquiry and critical thinking. The steps that we take to engage learners in the latter, and to create learning environments where they develop their own questions and responses in the spirit of the former, all build cognitive presence in our online classrooms. More...
When it comes to academic quality, Europeans show the way
By . Despite the increasing cost of an academic degree, recent studies show substantial percentages of students, even in the most selective US colleges and universities, have failed to demonstrate significant improvement in critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing skills over the four years of college. More...
