In my first post for this course I described a teaching practice related to interacting with students at the beginning of the field research portion of the course. Reading the information on ‘teaching presence’ has not really changed my view of my teaching practice. I think my example is inline with the discussions on teaching practice and in particular the category on ‘facilitating discourse’. Further, my example clearly showed how cognitive and social presence were integrated. As I noted in my first post, I think that improvement is always possible and in addition to the tools we have learned about in this course, practicing and reflecting on each situation and how to improve for next time are critical.