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D. Randy Garrison

D. Randy Garrison

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
59
Citations
59442
World Ranking
1496
National Ranking
83

Overview

D. Randy Garrison is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research primarily integrates Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on Developmental and Educational Psychology as well as Education. Their scholarly contributions emphasize Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Education and Critical Thinking Development, and Problem and Project Based Learning.

Their recent publication record includes the paper titled Shared Metacognition in a Community of Inquiry, published in 2022 in the journal Online Learning. This paper has received citations reflecting its engagement within the academic community.

The scholar's collaborative work features coauthors who have contributed multiple times alongside them. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Norman Vaughan
  • Martha Cleveland-Innes
  • Deborah Dell
  • Elizabeth J. Burge
  • Campbell Gibson

Publication venues for their research are primarily concentrated in Online Learning.

D. Randy Garrison has also published in book format. One such work is Principles of Blended Learning: Shared Metacognition and Communities of Inquiry, released in 2023 by Athabasca University Press. This book contributes to the discourse on blended learning methodologies and metacognitive processes within educational communities.

Best Publications

  • Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education

    D.Randy Garrison;Terry Anderson;Walter Archer

  • Blended Learning: Uncovering Its Transformative Potential in Higher Education

    D. Randy Garrison;Heather Kanuka

  • E-Learning in the 21st Century: A Framework for Research and Practice

    D. R. Garrison;Terry Anderson;Randy Garrison

  • ASSESSING TEACHING PRESENCE IN A COMPUTER CONFERENCING CONTEXT

    Terry Anderson;Liam Rourke;D. Randy Garrison;Walter Archer

  • Critical thinking, cognitive presence, and computer conferencing in distance education

    D. Randy Garrison;Terry Anderson;Walter Archer

  • Assessing Social Presence In Asynchronous Text-based Computer Conferencing

    Liam Rourke;Terry Anderson;D. Randy Garrison;Walter Archer

  • Facilitating Cognitive Presence in Online Learning: Interaction Is Not Enough

    D. Randy Garrison;Martha Cleveland-Innes

  • Researching the Community of Inquiry Framework: Review, Issues, and Future Directions

    D. Randy Garrison;J.B. Arbaugh

  • Self-Directed Learning: Toward a Comprehensive Model

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  • The first decade of the community of inquiry framework: A retrospective

    D. Randy Garrison;Terry Anderson;Walter Archer

  • Developing a community of inquiry instrument : Testing a measure of the Community of Inquiry framework using a multi-institutional sample

    J.B. Arbaugh;Martha Cleveland-Innes;Sebastian R. Diaz;D. Randy Garrison

  • Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Priciples and Guidlines

    D. Randy Garrison;Norman D. Vaughan

  • Methodological Issues in the Content Analysis of Computer Conference Transcripts

    Liam Rourke;Terry Anderson;D. Randy Garrison;Walter Archer

  • Exploring causal relationships among teaching, cognitive and social presence: Student perceptions of the community of inquiry framework

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  • The Development of a Community of Inquiry over Time in an Online Course: Understanding the Progression and Integration of Social, Cognitive and Teaching Presence.

    Zehra Akyol;D Randy Garrison

  • Understanding cognitive presence in an online and blended community of inquiry: Assessing outcomes and processes for deep approaches to learning.

    Zehra Akyol;D. Randy Garrison

  • Theoretical Challenges for Distance Education in the 21st Century: A Shift from Structural to Transactional Issues

    Randy Garrison

  • ONLINE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY REVIEW: SOCIAL, COGNITIVE, AND TEACHING PRESENCE ISSUES

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  • A Constructivist Approach to Online Learning: The Community of Inquiry Framework

    Karen Swan;D.R. Garrison;Jennifer C. Richardson

  • Learning in a Networked World: New Roles and Responsibilties

    Terry Anderson;D. Randy Garrison

  • E-Learning in the 21st Century: A Community of Inquiry Framework for Research and Practice

    D. Randy Garrison

  • Assessing metacognition in an online community of inquiry

    Zehra Akyol;D. Randy Garrison

  • Student role adjustment in online communities of inquiry : Model and instrument validation

    D. Randy Garrison;D. Randy Garrison;Martha Cleveland-Innes;Tak Fung

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry Anderson
Terry Anderson Athabasca University
Karen Swan
Karen Swan University of Illinois at Springfield
Peter Shea
Peter Shea University at Albany, State University of New York

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