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== Pedagogical use == | == Pedagogical use == | ||
Sorry this part is really [[under construction]] and missing ... | |||
Forums are '''the''' [[Computer-mediated communication]] tool for several reasons: | Forums are '''the''' [[Computer-mediated communication]] tool for several reasons: | ||
* Educational use can be tracked back to the eighties | * Educational use can be tracked back to the eighties | ||
* Any sort of portals, including [[LMS]]s provide forums | * Any sort of portals, including [[LMS]]s provide forums (i.e. the technology is easily available). | ||
* They behave in some way like mailing lists, therefore most users are somewhat familiar with the technology | * They behave in some way like mailing lists, therefore most users are somewhat familiar with the technology | ||
* .... | * .... | ||
=== Local or global ? === | |||
When planning a technology-supported curriculum that makes creative use of various technologies (e.g. Wikis, CMSs, activity-based LMSs, content-driven [[LMS]]s, simulations), on must decide where to organize [[e-tutoring]]. | |||
There are several solutions: | |||
# One global forum engine | |||
#* Advantages: One single place to check for new messages, rich features | |||
#* Disadvantage: Users must connect to an other environment, often popular forums have debatable ergonomics, bad integration with course environments and learning tasks | |||
# One forum engine par application | |||
#* Advantage: Good integration with most environments | |||
#* Disadvatage: Bad integration with tasks | |||
# Discussion for each activity (e.g. Suthers and Xu's (2002) Artifact-centered discourse), e.g. the Discussion page on this Wiki is an example. | |||
#* Advantage: Good integration with the activity | |||
#* Disadvatage: Many places to look for (therefore these forums must have an optional email notification mechanism) | |||
== Software == | |||
[http://www.phpbb.com/ PhpBB] | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Guzdial, Mark & Turns, Jennifer (2000), Effective Discussion through a computer-mediated anchored forum, Journal of the Learning Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 437. [http://www.leaonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/S15327809JLS0904_3 | Guzdial, Mark & Turns, Jennifer (2000), Effective Discussion through a computer-mediated anchored forum, Journal of the Learning Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 437. [http://www.leaonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/S15327809JLS0904_3 | ||
Suthers, D. & Xu, J. (2002). Kukakuka: An Online Environment for Artifact-Centered Discourse. | |||
In Proceedings of the Eleventh World Wide Web Conference (WWW2002), 472-480. | |||
[[Category: Technologies]] | [[Category: Technologies]] | ||
Revision as of 09:18, 20 April 2006
Definition
- A forum is a network technology for holding discussions.
- Original definition of the word: The open public space in the middle of a Roman city, especially the Roman Forum (eg Roman Forum) Wikipedia
Technical kinds of forums
There are three major families according to functionality
- Threaded forums display discussions in threads like "old" UseNet News Forums did.
- "Boxed" forums display discussions in boxes within boxes (boxes are arranded in linear fashion).
- Specially enhanced forums for education, like Knowledge forum or a computer-mediated anchored forum (e.g. CaMILE)
Choosing a kind of forum is not an innoncent choice for an educator, i.e. we believe that "modern" popular Internet Forums like PhPBB are often not suitable for a given design, e.g. avoid it if the goal is to organize discussion, rather use a threaded forums for this. But since threaded forums are almost extinct now, you'd have to use a News engine. In addition, modern Forums have so many features and buttons that untrained teachers and students get lost.
Pedagogical use
Sorry this part is really under construction and missing ...
Forums are the Computer-mediated communication tool for several reasons:
- Educational use can be tracked back to the eighties
- Any sort of portals, including LMSs provide forums (i.e. the technology is easily available).
- They behave in some way like mailing lists, therefore most users are somewhat familiar with the technology
- ....
Local or global ?
When planning a technology-supported curriculum that makes creative use of various technologies (e.g. Wikis, CMSs, activity-based LMSs, content-driven LMSs, simulations), on must decide where to organize e-tutoring.
There are several solutions:
- One global forum engine
- Advantages: One single place to check for new messages, rich features
- Disadvantage: Users must connect to an other environment, often popular forums have debatable ergonomics, bad integration with course environments and learning tasks
- One forum engine par application
- Advantage: Good integration with most environments
- Disadvatage: Bad integration with tasks
- Discussion for each activity (e.g. Suthers and Xu's (2002) Artifact-centered discourse), e.g. the Discussion page on this Wiki is an example.
- Advantage: Good integration with the activity
- Disadvatage: Many places to look for (therefore these forums must have an optional email notification mechanism)
Software
Links
References
Guzdial, Mark & Turns, Jennifer (2000), Effective Discussion through a computer-mediated anchored forum, Journal of the Learning Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 437. [http://www.leaonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/S15327809JLS0904_3
Suthers, D. & Xu, J. (2002). Kukakuka: An Online Environment for Artifact-Centered Discourse.
In Proceedings of the Eleventh World Wide Web Conference (WWW2002), 472-480.