Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework is a well-known approach in designing learning experience for online environment. It produces learning experience through the development of three interdependent elements - social, cognitive, and teaching presence. This study draws upon the CoI framework to explore language learners’ learning experiences from the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) in a public university in Malaysia. It investigates the influence of situational factors, behavioural factors and cognitive factors on online learning through teaching presence, social presence and cognitive presence respectively. This quantitative research used a 5-point Likert scale as instrument. The survey was divided into four sections. Section A has items on the demographic profile. Section B has 13 items on teaching presence, Section C has 9 items on social presence, Section D has 12 items on cognitive presence. 101 respondents were purposely selected for the study. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 26. The findings show the positive impact of SCT to enhance students' learning experience which depends on teaching, social, and cognitive presence, as stated by the Col framework. The CoI framework creates effective communication in a virtual environment and can therefore be used to encourage collaborative learning in a virtual learning environment.
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