physical education

1. The Community of Inquiry Framework
Inquiry and community were at the core of John Dewey‟s educational philosophy and
practice. Dewey (1959) believed that an educational experience must fuse the interests of
the individual and society, that individual development was dependent upon community. He
believed the essence of community was the organic fusion of the public and our private
worlds. He also believed that the process of inquiry went to the heart of the educative
experience. For Dewey, inquiry involved the generalization of the scientific method to
practical problem solving and worthwhile learning. It defined the relationship between
thought and action. For Dewey, inquiry was also an essentially social activity. Dewey
believed that through collaboration that respected the individual, students would assume
responsibility to actively construct and confirm meaning. It is this collaborative
constructivist approach that is worthy of further exploration in online learning.

3. Learningarea
Descriptionof lessontopic
Physical education:Safety
issues
Presence Descriptors of Presence Appropriate tools and
strategiesto enhance
presence
Cognitive presence To testmy learnerscognitive
presence Iwill firstengage
withthemtryingto gettheir
past knowledgeaboutsafety
issues.Iwill be usingquestion
and answermethodforbetter
teacher-learnerinteraction.
Studentswill search
informationon slide share to
improve theirpriorknowledge
on safetyissues.Learnerswill
be askedto discussthe risk
factors andhow athletescan
avoidthemduringphysical
activitiesinsport.
Slideshare isan incredibly
valuable waytool forgetting
informationandalsoto
increase the priorknowledge
of the learners.Thiswill
cognitivelychallenge and
enhance the ideaof whatis
required throughoutthe
lesson.
Social presence An online portal will be
createdinclass usingpadlet
where learnerswill be working
ingroups to discusstheir
ideas.
Studentswill workingroups
and share theirideasabout
safetyissuesonthe online
portal.It isgreat forsharing
ideasandbeingable tosee
whatother groupsare doing.
Padletprovidesadifferentway
for studenttoshow whatthey
have discussedwiththeir
groupsand it improves
participationinthe classroom.
It provide opportunitiesfor
studentinteractiontolearnon
whatothetlearnershave
shared.It iseasyto use as it
workson any device witha
webbrowser
Teachingpresence Afterthe classhave posted
ideasthe ideasonthe portal,I
as a teacherwill give feedback
reflectingonclass
performance andonhow each
grouphave presentedtheir
ideas.The groupsthat face
difficultieswillgetassistfrom
the othergroups.