Discussion forum is one of the most essential tools for teacher and students especially in the digital world. Whereby, students can deepen their knowledge by asking doubts and responding to others questions. It gives platform for all the students to share their views on any topic or clear their doubts which have not been cleared in the class. Though it was meant for assessment purpose, I am enjoying this discussion forum because I get to ask as many questions as I want regarding the topic I m not clear of, and I am learning a lot from this forum by going through others question and responses.
I have no idea on discussion forum till I walk in this college. When my tutor informed us about discussion forum for the first time, I was like, “what the hell is discussion forum? How are we going to use it? What are we supposed to discuss?” lots of questions strike my brain. I really didn’t have any idea on discussion forum when I was at high school. At the beginning, I thought it will be difficult but as I get familiar and more used to it, I started enjoying this forum because I am able ask questions or clear my doubts which I could not do at the class, whereby my learning isn’t limited to the class. All I have to do is fiddle with some keys and I get lots of response from my friends and it enhanced my learning.
By using this forum, more students are able to participate in online forums than in large group classroom discussions. It provides the platform for students who do not participate during class discussions to become “vocal” during online discussion. Online interaction allows for further discussion of a topic. It also provides students with enough time to think and reflect on the course material and hence post more thought-out comments to the discussion forum. Students and instructors often think of comments or questions after the lecture and can post them and discuss these inquiries online. The online environment lets us easily create small discussion groups within a large class. The discussion forum is a convenient way to archive and preserve our course discussions. 
Since the discussion forum benefits in many ways, it is imperative that an online forum provides a very conducive environment for both teacher and student in collaboration. With the introduction of discussion forum for students and lecturer interaction, communication among students and with lecturer became easier. Where students will be able to participate in the online discussion and contribute their opinion or doubt in any subject matter of their choice without being shy or afraid of making contributions to topics of discussion. So lastly, I must say that discussion forum is one of the effective tools for deepening our content knowledge by sharing thoughts and views online.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading your reflection I found that you feel the same way that I do about discussion forum. It is the onli platform where we can clarify our doubts and it is indeed a productive time that we had besides class hours. Worth reading it.
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