

They would do this in any way that they wanted they could talk about the ideas in an interview. She told her class that, for their next double lesson, each student would be required to show to the class what she or he knew about a topic they had just finished learning.

View full-textĪt the end of one economics lesson, Ms Taggart gave her students a homework assignment that was unique both for them and for her. However, results indicated that forum use overall is low and that tutor-moderation may close down participants’ discussion, while peer-support forums fail to offer adequate support. It was observed in our analyses that participants in the forum perform better within the top grades at the end of the course. We classified super posters in our CfT forum as those who started a thread or more and at the same time contributed optionally in forum discussion posted by other participants. We analysed two users those who contributed to forums and those who did not, using comparison of their final average grades in quizzes to analyse their performance rate. Two parallel delivery modes allow comparison of forum participation. This paper examines issues relating to forums through a brief literature review and by drawing on data from a specific MOOC run by the University of. Despite their widespread use there is concern that forums are not an effective means of promoting engagement and learning. Discussion forums in massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a primary means of interaction among learners and instructors.
