Discussion Forums and Weblogs: A Means to Fostering Learning

Supporting Knowledge Management in Organizations with Conversational Technologies: Discussion Forums, Weblogs, and Wikis

The article reviews requirements and tool availability for knowledge management in virtual communities and other knowledge sharing environments, where professionals wish to quickly and easily share knowledge and information. The article compares the characteristics of several newer technologies, notably weblogs (blogs) and wikis, to the more conventional discussion forums. Wikis, the currently ...

Students' Learning in Asynchronous Discussion Forums: A Meta-Analysis

Fostering Higher Knowledge Construction Levels in Online Discussion Forums: An Exploratory Case Study

Prior research has suggested that higher levels of knowledge construction (e.g., where opinions are argued, challenged, or negotiated) have rarely been demonstrated in student online discussions. In this study, the authors replicate prior research on group size, discussion duration, and student facilitation techniques to examine the influence of these factors on the attainment of higher level k...

Reusing Discussion Forums as Learning Resources in Wbt Systems

Discussion forums are highly popular and widely applied tools in Web-based training (WBT) systems. Usually, discussion forums are places where learners discuss topics related to courseware, their current learning task, or the learning project they are working on. These discussion forums contain tremendous educational potential for future learners, since they contain question and answer dialogue...

Meaningful Learning in Discussion Forums: Towards Discourse Analysis

This document presents the analysis of a discussion forum used as a learning component in a ‘management information systems’ university course. By reporting on two macro level measures namely, participation and interaction, we seek to understand the occurrence of any collaborative knowledge-building activities/processes and at the same time work towards discourse analysis. Our analysis is based...