Learning Theory Comparison.

Learning Theory

Constructivist Learning (CL)

Community of Practice (CoP)

Community of Inquiry (CoI)

A Comparison

Educators can utilize all three learning theories to design effective instruction. CoP offeres a structure for collaborative planning, CoI provides a framework for instructional design, and CL outlines a means to build interest and structure cognitive learning.

• Creates opportunities for students to develop their own understanding.

• Teaching strategies are desiged to identify students own misunderstandings and highlight a need to correct misconceptions
• Students create the driving question and discover the answers
• Focus on development of understanding instead of "right" or "wrong"
• Focus is not on collaborative learning explicitly but are evident in implementation.

• 3 Elements used to facilitate learning
• Teacher Presence
• Social Presence
• Cognitive Presence
• Peer collaboration is a foundational component for this learning theory.
• Hearing diverse perspectives influences learning outcomes and learning community
• improves student engagement and motivation to learning.
• Integratged into currriculum design and instructional planning

• A group of people with a common goal
• Collaborate on concerns and strategies to address them.
• Frequent collaborations for ongoing change
• Intentional focus on improving student performance
• Increases individual and collective knowledge.
• Achieved using digital collaboration and planning tools

(Calalb, 2023)

(Sezer, 2024)

(Woodside et al., 2024)

Learning Theory

Constructivist Learning (CL)

Community of Practice (CoP)

Community of Inquiry (CoI)

A Comparison

Educators can utilize all three learning theories to design effective instruction. CoP offeres a structure for collaborative planning, CoI provides a framework for instructional design, and CL outlines a means to build interest and structure cognitive learning.

• Creates opportunities for students to develop their own understanding.

• Teaching strategies are desiged to identify students own misunderstandings and highlight a need to correct misconceptions
• Students create the driving question and discover the answers
• Focus on development of understanding instead of "right" or "wrong"
• Focus is not on collaborative learning explicitly but are evident in implementation.

• 3 Elements used to facilitate learning
• Teacher Presence
• Social Presence
• Cognitive Presence
• Peer collaboration is a foundational component for this learning theory.
• Hearing diverse perspectives influences learning outcomes and learning community
• improves student engagement and motivation to learning.
• Integratged into currriculum design and instructional planning

• A group of people with a common goal
• Collaborate on concerns and strategies to address them.
• Frequent collaborations for ongoing change
• Intentional focus on improving student performance
• Increases individual and collective knowledge.
• Achieved using digital collaboration and planning tools

References

Calalb, M. (2023). The Constructivist Principle of Learning by Being in Physics Teaching. Athens Journal of Education, 10(1), 139–151.

Baris Sezer. (2024). The Effects of Group-Based Personalized Online Teaching on Learners’ Community of Inquiry and Achievement of a Course. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 25(2).

Sarah Woodside, Jennifer L. Eury, Phylicia G. Taylor, Brittany C. Buis, Kathy Lund Dean, Charles J. Fornaciari, John B. Stark, & E. James Flynn. (2024). Building a Community of Practice: Insights from Vicarious Learning and Crowdsourcing. Management Teaching Review, 9(3), 279–288.

(Calalb, 2023)

(Sezer, 2024)

(Woodside et al., 2024)