"Teaching presence is referred to as the design facilitation and direction of cognitive and social processes for the realization of personally meaningful and educationally worthwhile learning outcomes."This is exactly why faculty are coming to our Introduction to Online Learning workshops with that pleading look on their faces. They don't want this blather. They can read this crap five different ways in five different academic journals. This isn't what they want. This isn't what they need. Faculty want plain language help. They want models and examples. They want someone to hand them the tools, template and prescription. They're smart enough to figure out the rest.
Yes, faculty certainly are smart enough to realize their own personally meaningful and educationally worthwhile learning outcomes.
