DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY – BASED ONLINE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A THEORY GENERATING META-SYNTHESIS APPROAC

Mohammadi, Mahdi; Heydari, Alireza; Salimi, Ghasem

doi:10.22047/ijee.2025.535362.2197

DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY – BASED ONLINE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A THEORY GENERATING META-SYNTHESIS APPROAC

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

Mahdi Mohammadi ¹

Alireza Heydari ²

Ghasem Salimi ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Scool of Education and Sychology, Shiraz University

² Shiraz University

³ Shiraz University- Faculty of Education and Psychology- Department of Educational Administration and Planning

10.22047/ijee.2025.535362.2197

Abstract

The aim of this research was to design a model for developing an industry-based online community of inquiry model among undergraduate engineering students in the higher education system. The qualitative research design and its research method were theory-building metasynthesis. Accordingly, in the first step, after presenting the research question, the members of the metasynthesis team were identified. In the second and third steps, reliable Latin and Persian sources were determined and the inclusion criteria for articles were determined. After passing through the screening stages, finally, 32 relevant articles were selected. By analyzing the data, 46 open codes were first extracted and then these codes formed a classification and model for the development of industry-based exploration circles in engineering students within the framework of antecedents of the development of industry-based exploration circles (such as dynamic learning environment, multifaceted educational materials, and ...), processes of the development of industry-based exploration circles (such as active interactions between learners, active examination of relationships between students in line with participation by professors and ...), and consequences of the development of industry-based exploration circles (such as transforming students into lifelong learners, developing practical skills of engineering students and ...). Based on the findings of this study, professors, aware of the antecedents, processes, and consequences of the development of the exploration circle, will apply new approaches to teaching and will strive to train capable graduates with a strong sense of self-efficacy, familiar with industry issues.

Keywords

Community of inquiry

industry

engineering

dynamic learning

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