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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Asynchronous discussion forums: success factors, outcomes, assessments, and limitations - Martin A. Andresen, Educational Technology & Society
Online learning has been burgeoning over the past decade with one of the more popular modes of conductingonline learning being the asynchronous online courses. Within the asynchronous online course, theasynchronous discussion forum replaces the face-to-face interaction of the traditional classroom, but is this formof discussion able to enhance the learning process? This paper reviews the literature regarding asynchronousdiscussion forums finding that that the asynchronous discussion forum is able to generate the critical dimensionsof learning found in the traditional classroom, but it has its limitations.
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