Fostering a Community of Inquiry using the Flipgrid video response system – a Pedagogical Inquiry

Abstract

Fostering a learning community via digital environments calls for innovative pedagogical practices using new learning technologies. This paper presents an instructor’s perspective on the use of Flipgrid, a video response system, as a means to build a Community of Inquiry (CoI). It makes a pedagogical inquiry by describing teaching scenarios and evaluating Flipgrid’s applicability for building and sustaining a learning community. Guidelines for task-design and implications for teaching conclude the paper.