What are Discussion Forums and How do They Enhance Learning?
Discussion forums are meeting places where people that are working, sharing, or debating on the same topic could interact. Discussion forums allow people to comment as many times sort of in-class discussion, but online. Many students are shy or do not like to be embarrassed in class in case they do not know the correct answer (This was me in grade school). This online forum allows all students to discuss without having to be in public.
Forums enhance learning as they engage the students using the Internet, which now a days is very famous amongst young people. These forums allow the "boring" assignment to become interesting to the student and in return, are more open to share ideas, comment on other's ideas, share experiences, discuss, and debate more on a specific question or topic because they feel comfortable and do not have to do it in public. This will enable that shy student to collaborate, feel like he/she is heard, and allows those students that always want to answer or participate to allow others to be heard as well.
Discussion forums are meeting places where people that are working, sharing, or debating on the same topic could interact. Discussion forums allow people to comment as many times sort of in-class discussion, but online. Many students are shy or do not like to be embarrassed in class in case they do not know the correct answer (This was me in grade school). This online forum allows all students to discuss without having to be in public.
Forums enhance learning as they engage the students using the Internet, which now a days is very famous amongst young people. These forums allow the "boring" assignment to become interesting to the student and in return, are more open to share ideas, comment on other's ideas, share experiences, discuss, and debate more on a specific question or topic because they feel comfortable and do not have to do it in public. This will enable that shy student to collaborate, feel like he/she is heard, and allows those students that always want to answer or participate to allow others to be heard as well.