APPENDIX C. Samples of interaction types and elements from the CoI

Interaction Type / Sample Post and Discussion Threads / Elements from the CoI Model
TP=Teaching presence
SP=Social presence
CP=Cognitive presence
Course Management / Teacher-initiated post:
Dear students how have you been? I got the news today that some of you will be with me for the Sophomore year, so here is my friendly reminder:
You will need to go to the Cave Stone Bookstore to buy the textbooks according to the announced booklist below:
1:Touchstone 2A (Arrives 9/17)
2: Active reading skills
3:Grammar book (Blue)
4: Novels x 2
You can buy all the books now except Touchstone. For those not in my class this year, you can refer to this notice as well. If you do not mind, I will continue to use this FB group, OK??
Response Threads:
Student 8: How lucky~~~~~~~~~~~ >Q<
Student 9: Hi teacher haha!
Student 10: I want to be taught by you too, Teacher….QQ
Student 11: YA!
Student 12: The school is too cruel!!! Teacher~~~~~~< [Referring to being separated from her class]
Student 13: Yay, I am still with you Teacher, thank God
Student 14: me too~~
Student 15: +1 [Meaning ‘me too’]
Student 14: Too bad we will not see Howard.
Student 13: Haha~~he is watching us from afar QAQ in Taichung City.
Student 14: Teacher, is Mr. Teng a good teacher?
Student 1: I love you Teacher
Student 15: I want to be in the class too~~~
Student 16: Yay~~~
Student 16: Why won’t we see Howard?
Student 14: He left us and went to a school in Taichung.
Student 17: Hurray~~ But are the novels pre-selected?
Student 16: Why can’t we buy the books together with other people? It is cheaper to buy at group rate, isn’t it?
Teacher: There is no need to do so. The bookstore will give individual students the group discount. So you can go on your own no problem.
Teacher: For the detailed booklist, please go to this link:

Student 18: So do we go to Level 3 for Sophomores in the link? / Affect [SP]
Direct instruction[TP]
Cohesion[SP]
Risk-free expression[SP]
Risk-free expression[SP]
Risk-free expression[SP]
Risk-free expression[SP]
Risk-free expression[SP]
Direct instruction[TP]
Interaction Type / Sample Posts and Discussion Threads / Elements from the CoI Model
Social Engagement / T-initiated post:
Thank you all to those who came to sing the birthday song for me in the hallway. I can’t believe you really gave me a surprise~~~thank you all~~~~
As for the T-shirt present, I will wear it to school after ironing!!!!
Response Threads:
S14:Happy birthday lalalalalala
S13: Teacher my heart is all for you even though I was not there!!!! XDD
S15: The FB has revealed your age!!
S10: Teacher, tell us when you wear the T-shirt!! We want to see~~~
S11:Happy birthday~~~~~My meeting went over-time, sorry everyone...
S12::>
S-initiated post:
S13: Dear every honorable classmate!!! My humbleness wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May~Lee~Quis~Mas~~~~~XDD
Response Threads:
S17: Happy Silent Night!!!!!
S12: Merry Christmas!
S24: Merry Christmas~~
S19: What are you doing in our class? [Referring to someone from Freshman year]
S24: To collect “Likes” XDD
S9: Come for the gift exchange in class~ / Affect [SP]
Affect [SP]
Affect [SP]
Risk-free expression [SP]
Group cohesion
[SP]
Affect [SP]
Affect [SP]
Affect [SP]
Affect [SP]
Risk-free expression [SP]
Risk-free expression [SP]
Affect [SP]
Interaction Type / Sample Posts and Discussion Threads / Elements from the CoI Model
English Learning / Student-initiated post:
Student 18:
November 27, 2012
To：Crafts group
From：Eric
Hi, I like Eric very much, because there are many handy things. I never feel that they are so expensive. I want to buy a vase by myself, but I don't know what does the vase make of the meterial?
Response Threads:
Student 18:You know there is someone who named Google!!
Student 18: Maybe you can search it on yahoo!!
Student 1:Ahhahahhaha，both answers ask you to solve the problem on your own hahahaha
Student 1: Actually, mine is the same…
Student 18: Yeah, I highly suspect that the Google one is responded by the same person who posted the problem…
S1: Do worry, it is not, because the Google one was answered by me (laugh out loud)
S18: ...
S12:...[Post from a classmate named Eric]
S18: It seems I have found the real Eric here : )
Student-initiated post:
Student 20:
November 27, 2012
Something not related to the tasks, but I would like to share with everyone
You can just pay attention to the lyrics hahaha..it’s kind of scary but it’s quite cute

笨笨的死法（中文字幕）Dumb Ways to Die歌曲及鈴聲下載: 小Mic...YOUTUBE.COM / Problem [CP]
Exploration [CP]
Exploration [CP]
Risk-free expression
[SP]
Risk-free expression
[SP]
Group cohesion[SP]