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Discussion Boards and their Application

Discussion Boards and their Application. I. Curriculum Teaching and Technology EDD 7914 CRN 22065 by Darcel Gardner, Deltrye Holt, Francisco Jimenez, Tamecia Scott. What are discussion boards?. Discussion boards are: Software programs that allow asynchronous conversations.

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Discussion Boards and their Application

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  1. Discussion Boards and their Application I Curriculum Teaching and Technology EDD 7914 CRN 22065 by Darcel Gardner, DeltryeHolt, Francisco Jimenez, Tamecia Scott

  2. What are discussion boards? • Discussion boards are: • Software programs that allow asynchronous conversations. • Allow people to post messages. • Reply to others members messages in a secure online environment. • They allow for the posting audio files, text files, and images. • Boards can be used in many different applications to promote ongoing communication.

  3. Darcel’s use of Discussion Boards

  4. Deltry’s use of Discussion Boards

  5. E-book Studies • Discussion boards were used to lead a school wide book study • The school engaged in a formal book study to promote a change in educational practices. • Teachers became members of a group using Moodle as a secure platform. • School members we required to read a book and post their own views on the book. • In addition, school members were required to respond to 3 additional post. • Teachers received Continuing Education Credits and bonus points on their annual evaluation.

  6. Results of the e-book study • The staff improved their collegial professional communication . • The staff involved with the project promoted the use of best practices within their classroom. • Those practices permeated to other staff members and increased the number of participants in the group. • Student results on standardized test increased. • The staff was much more unified as a result of the ongoing professional discussion.

  7. Tamecia’suse of Discussion Boards

  8. Uses for this technology

  9. Benefits of this technology • Boards allow people to communicate in an ongoing format. • Ongoing dialogue promotes positive behaviors. • Discussion boards bring people together that would otherwise not communicate. • Discussion boards provide an increased accountability to the student, teacher, instructional organization. • Individuals can receive immediate feedback from multiple people within the group.

  10. Challenges of this technology • Encouraging people to participate. • Members of the group may be lacking the technological knowledge to participate in the discussions. • Moderators must develop clear rules that define member behavior. • Organizations must provide people a method to access the technology. • Dialogue must be monitored constantly.

  11. Reference • Chan, C. K. K. & Chan, Y. Y. (2011). Students' views of collaboration and online participation in Knowledge Forum. Computers & Education, 57(1), 1445-1457. • Chou, P. (2012). Teaching strategies in online discussion board: A framework in higher education. Higher Education Studies, 2(2), 25-30. • Gao,F.,Zhang,T., Franklin,T., (2013) Designing asynchronous online discussion environments; Recent progress and possible future directions. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44 3, 469-483. • He, P. (2012, April). Evaluating students online discussion performance by using social network analysis. In Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2012 Ninth International Conference on (pp. 854-855). IEEE. • Northover, M. (2002). Online discussion boards-friend or foe? Ascilite, 477-484. • Ochoa, S. F., Pino, J. A., Baloian, N., Antunes, P., & Herskovic, V. (2012, October). Some observations from the analysis of an online discussion board. In Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on (pp. 1280-1285). IEEE. • Walker, K., Curren, M. T., Kiesler, T., Lammers, H. B., & Goldenson, J. (2013). Scholarly networking among business students: Structured discussion board activity and academic outcomes.

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