emerges from connections and relationships among participants in the classroom (Pawan, Wiechart, Warren, & Park, 2016). feeds from teacher-student exchanges needed in Social Presence a virtual environment as it is needed in F2F classrooms. derives from the interconnections that lead to the development of a classroom community (Pawan, Wiechart, Warren, & Park, 2016). is the intellectual challenge and sense of inquiry as participants engage in collaborative and reflective exploration, interpretation, and Cognitive validation of ideas (Pawan, Wiechart, Warren, & Park, 2016) derived from the student interaction Presence with course content. is affected by the instructional design approach used to create learning tasks to foster deep learning. is the instructors course design, facilitation, and direct instruction in the online classroom (Pawan, Wiechart, Warren, & Park, 2016). Teaching enables and enacts the social and cognitive presences (Pawan, Wiechart, Warren, & Park, Presence 2016). helps learners assimilate content to be used in meaningful learning tasks that aid the development of student skills and competences. Designed and Created by Prof. Jonathan Acua from Pawan, Wiechart, Warren, & Park (2016) and his personal insights into and experience with these presences