"I Sing the Body Electric": Embodied Presence in the Community of Inquiry Framework

• In Event: Exploring Approaches for Authentic Self-Expression in Online Environments

Abstract

In this paper, I consider the experiences of four sojourner teachers—teachers who move among online, face-to-face, and hybrid teaching spaces—and reimagine Garrison, Anderson, and Archer’s Community of Inquiry Framework. I argue that scholars must revise the CoI Framework to include embodied presence as its foundation rather than relegating notions of embodiment to the social presence domain. Failure to do so conforms to outdated, dualist ideas about the relationship between body, mind, emotions, and sel(ves) and sublimates serious discussions about the interplay of the physical and intellectual labor and, potentially, the real effects embodied identities (including gender and race) have on students’ and teachers’ experiences in virtual classrooms

Author

• Crystal Howell, Randolph College
  Presenting Author