DDL: Examining Reliability and Validity of Social Presence Subscale of Community of Inquiry Instrument

• In Event: Roundtables Wed2
  In Roundtable Session: DDL - Roundtables Wed2

Short Description

This session discusses the reliability and validity of the social presence subscale of Community of Inquiry instrument. An EFA and CFA were performed to investigate whether its measurement items adequately represent the three-factor construct of social presence as intended by the Community of Inquiry framework (Garrison, Anderson & Archer's, 2000).

Authors

• Secil Caskurlu, Purdue University

• Jennifer Richardson, Purdue University