The applicability of community of inquiry framework to online nursing education: A cross-sectional study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. 8 Portland Villas, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom;2. University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Road, Eltham, London, SE9 2UG, United Kingdom;3. University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1QJ, United Kingdom;4. Anglia Ruskin University, William Harvey Building, Bishops Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ, United Kingdom;5. Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, United Kingdom;6. Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3LT, United Kingdom;7. University College London, Gower St, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom;1. Khanhhoa Medical College, Vietnam, 84 Quang Trung, Nha Trang, Viet Nam;2. School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Rd, Kelvin Grove 4059, Queensland, Australia;3. Division of Cancer Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Rd, Kelvin Grove 4059, Queensland, Australia;1. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia, University Irving Medical Center, 177 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY, 10032, USA;2. Yale University School of Nursing, 400 West Campus Drive, Orange, CT, 06477, USA;1. School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China;2. School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China;3. School of Public Health & Global Health Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China;1. West Chester University, Department of Languages and Cultures, West Chester University, 230 Mitchell Hall, 675 S. Church Street, West Chester, PA, 19383, USA;2. Universiti Malaya, Malaysia and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China |
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| Abstract: | The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has the potential to contribute to online education by addressing the nexus of pedagogy, technology, and learners’ needs. However, there has been limited investigation of the application of CoI to Australian online tertiary education, with the awareness of CoI amongst Australian nurse educators being unknown. This paper reports on a project which used an online survey to investigate the level of awareness of the CoI framework and its applicability to the design of online and blended courses in Australian higher education nursing schools.Most respondents ranked the core concepts of the CoI framework as applicable for nursing education, but only 20% of the participants were familiar with the CoI framework before they participated in the survey. While nearly 90% of the participants viewed instructional design and a theoretical framework as essential for building an online course, 70% of respondents indicated that they did not use an explicit theoretical framework to guide the design or the evaluation of their nursing teaching and learning. These results provide the impetus for further investigation of factors influencing the development of online nurse education including the specific consideration of CoI frameworks. |
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| Keywords: | Community of inquiry applicability Online nursing education Theoretical framework Community of inquiry awareness |
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