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Teaching Strategies

Cultivating Community: Creating Effective Educational Experiences for Students in Online Environments

Wednesday, February 26, 2025
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
Location: M103/104
Session Type: Organized Session of Talks

    Presenter(s)

  • Cam Kuiper

    Dean of Faculty
    Jenison Innovation Academy
    Jenison, MI, United States

  • Rebekah Redmer

    Executive Director of Innovative Programming
    Jenison Public Schools
    Jenison, Michigan, United States

  • Krista Osterberg (she/her/hers)

    K-12 Principal & Director of Instruction
    Jenison Innovation Academy
    Jenison, MI, United States

Dynamic engagement is a critical step in reaching online students.  How do the various elements, from the content to the teacher to the expectations for students, coalesce in order to build a supportive and collaborative learning environment?

Consisting of 3 interdependent dimensions, the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework is a theoretical model for creating effective educational experiences, particularly in online and blended environments. Social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence work together to foster deep and meaningful learning for students. In this session, participants will explore Garrison, Anderson & Archer's CoI framework (2000), and its power in elevating online instructional design for this generation's students.


  • Segment 1 - Define the three dimensions of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework (social, cognitive, and teaching presence) and share the process for successful granular implementation in Jenison Innovation Academy's programming.

  • Segment 2 - Provide examples of COI elements from authentically-developed Jenison Innovation Academy courses, built in-house by JIA faculty and instructional designers.

  • Segment 3 - Presenters will facilitate a discussion surrounding the COI framework and ask audience members to share potential ideas for future course considerations in their own courses.

    • Learning Objectives:

    • Upon completion, participants will be able to identify and evaluate elements of the Community of Inquiry Framework within their own courses.
    • Upon completion, participants will be able to integrate elements of the Community of Inquiry Framework.
    • Upon completion, participants will be able to elevate, enhance, or create instructional design practices.