A Research Pathfinder Focused on Ethics in Learning Design
Theoretical Frameworks
Community of Inquiry (CoI) Framework
The Community of Inquiry theoretical framework represents a process of creating a deep and meaningful (collaborative-constructivist) learning experience through the development of three interdependent elements: social, cognitive and teaching presence.
Deep and meaningful formal learning is supported as long as one of the three forms of interaction (student–teacher; student-student; student-content) is at a high level. The other two may be offered at minimal levels, or even eliminated, without degrading the educational experience” (p. 4). This is significant to my work as an instructional designer in an open study setting as it means that if I am unable to include student to student interaction in a course and may not guarantee student to teacher interaction beyond the marking of assessments, this can be compensated by a high level of interaction between the student and the course content.
Terry Anderson
Anderson, T. (2003). Getting the Mix Right Again: An Updated and Theoretical Rationale for Interaction. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v4i2.149
Frameworks for further exploration
Affect Theory
Gilligan’s Theory of Moral Development
Barab et al’s 2019 ecological framework of innovation
