The Relationships Between Students’ Perceived Learning Styles and the Community of Inquiry Presences in a Graduate Online Course

Authors

  • Hasnae Mouzouri MOHAMMED FIRST UNIVERSITY Faculty of Letters and Humanities -Oujda-

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v11i04.5312

Keywords:

Learning styles, Cognitive Presence, Teaching Presence, Social Presence, Community of Inquiry, CoI survey, Perceived learning styles, effective learning.

Abstract


In this paper, the author examined whether there is any correlation between students’ perceived learning styles as identified by Felder and Silverman (2002) and each of the three presences of the Garrison et al.’s Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (2000): the teaching presence, the social presence and the cognitive presence. First, the CoI survey was administered to a sample of Master’s students (N=24) at the University Mohamed First in Morocco. Then transcript analysis of online discussion postings was investigated to explore the links of the three presences of the CoI framework with students’ self-perceptions of personal learning style preferences. Analysis of the data collected from these instruments revealed significant relationships between students’ perceived learning styles with regard to some domains of the Felder and Silverman’s model and only two presences of the CoI framework: the social and cognitive presences. The findings have important implications for how to design online courses in a way that fits students’ needs and thus foster effective learning.

Author Biography

Hasnae Mouzouri, MOHAMMED FIRST UNIVERSITY Faculty of Letters and Humanities -Oujda-

Hasnae Mouzouri is a Doctoral student at University Mohammed first, Faculty of Letters and human sciences, member of the research team LIMTEC (Langues, Imaginaire et Médiation Technologique), Oujda, Morocco. She was a teacher of English language in high school in Morocco, and is currently teacher of Arabic language and Moroccan culture in France. She received her Master in Didactic and Educational technologies from Mohammed First University. Her recent publication is: La présence réelle des TIC dans les pratiques pédagogiques : quand on remet en question la formation des enseignants : The real presence of ICT in pedagogical practices: when we call into question the training of teachers. frantice.net, numéro 6 - janvier 2013. Récupéré du site de la revue : http://www.frantice.net/document.php?id=701. ISSN 2110-5324. E-mail: mouzouri.hasnae@gmail.com

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Published

2016-04-05

How to Cite

Mouzouri, H. (2016). The Relationships Between Students’ Perceived Learning Styles and the Community of Inquiry Presences in a Graduate Online Course. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 11(04), pp. 40–47. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v11i04.5312

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 04 (2016)

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Papers

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