Forums and Bulletin Boards |
What is it:
Online or Internet forums are also often referred to as bulletin
boards or message boards. The terms Internet forum, bulletin board,
message board are interchangeable, although often one forum or bulletin
board can contain a number of Internet forums or discussion groups. An
online forum can serve the same purpose as a physical bulletin board.
Perhaps, the more powerful capacity in terms of assessment and learning
is; a forum can be utilised as an online discussion site where people
can hold conversations in the form of posted messages under various
topics (often termed conversations). [see
Wikipedia] |
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EXAMPLES |
COMMENTS |
Set up a Forum in Moodle |
- UNSW - discussion and instructions for setting up a bulletin
board in Moodle. Includes a useful table to help decide which type
of forum/BBS suits your students' learning needs.
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Best Practice in Online Assessment: Principles Processes and Outcomes |
- McLoughlin, C. & Luca, J. (2006). Best Practice in Online
Assessment: Principles, Processes and Outcomes. In E. Pearson & P.
Bohman (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational
Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2006 (pp. 2375-2382).
Chesapeake, VA: AACE. - The examples uses bulletin boards to assess
collaborative skills.
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First year students’ use of the Discussion Board - Why do we use
them |
- University of South Australia
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Example rubric for an assignment where students actually create a
bulletin board |
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Example 1 rubric for a discussion forum |
Example 2 rubric for a discussion forum |
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