Using the Community of Inquiry framework to analyze emojis as an emerging language in an online educational experience via WhatsApp
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3881336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer L Reeves (0000-0002-5494-3990, Nova Southeastern University), Glenda A Gunter (0000-0002-6441-4814, University of Central Florida), Junia Braga (0000-0002-8450-2061, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Marcos Racilan (0000-0002-0382-2443, Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | DELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-4450 • E-ISSN: 1678-460X |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1678-460x202238252396 |
| OpenAlex | W4289535082 |
| SciELO | S0102-44502022000200423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
With the ever-growing interest in WhatsApp as a social space to accommodate pedagogical initiatives, the role of emojis as an emergent Internet language in this social space needs to be better understood as mobile technologies have been integrated in education. With that in mind, this paper reports a study that employed an embedded correlational mixed methods design, and aimed to identify: the emojis used to support cognitive, teaching, and social presences in a teacher education course via WhatsApp; participants' attitudes regarding the use of emojis, and their age and gender relation to this use. The data generated from the interactions of the teachers via WhatsApp were analyzed and discussed based on Garrison et al.'s (1999) Community of Inquiry Model. This conceptual framework identifies crucial elements for successful online educational experiences and assumes learning occurs through the interaction of three core elements: social, cognitive and teaching presences. The findings show that emojis can effectively be used to support teaching, cognitive, and social presences. The high frequency of emojis seem to be both culturally situated and gender related
Cognition · Community of inquiry · Conceptual framework · Pedagogy · Situated · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · E-Learning and Knowledge Management · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology
Researching the community of inquiry framework
Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment
A Systematic Review of Emoji
A Linguagem Dos Emojis
Critical thinking in reflective sessions and in online interactions
Community of Inquiry (CoI)
Emoticon convergence in Internet chat rooms
Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research
Anticipated Ongoing Interaction Versus Channel Effects on Relational Communication in Computer-Mediated Interaction
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |