A community of inquiry includes the social and cognitive interactions among students, instructors, and experts in the field, as well as their interaction with the content provided. Social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence are essential elements of the communication loop for an online COI (Garrison, 2000). Cognitive presence is the engagement in learning activities that demand higher-order thinking skills.
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