Thursday, December 29, 2005

Critical Thinking and Computer Conferencing: A Model and Tool to Assess Cognitive Presence

The adoption of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in higher education has far out-paced our understanding of how this medium should be used so as to best promote higher-order learning. This medium is substantively different, in several important ways, from face-to-face classroom teaching. A number of other scholars are now trying to remedy this deficiency in our understanding by studying various aspects of the use of CMC in this educational environment. --
DR Garrison, T Anderson, W Archer, T Context - American Journal of Distance Education, 2001

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