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Forums are a simple yet very powerful communication tool within a Moodle course. Think of them as online message boards where you and other course participants can post messages to each other while easily keeping track and history of individual conversations. | Forums are a simple yet very powerful communication tool within a Moodle course. Think of them as online message boards where you and other course participants can post messages to each other while easily keeping track and history of individual conversations. | ||
Because forums in Moodle are asynchronous (unlike instant messaging, chat or face-to-face conversation) they can extend over long periods. People can take their time drafting posts and replies until they are happy with the results. For people whose primary language is not that of the course, people with communicative disabilities, people shy of speaking in public and many others, forums offer a chance to | Because forums in Moodle are asynchronous (unlike instant messaging, chat or face-to-face conversation) they can extend over long periods. People can take their time drafting posts and replies until they are happy with the results. For people whose primary language is not that of the course, people with communicative disabilities, people shy of speaking in public and many others, forums offer a chance to carefully formulate and check their replies as equals, individually or in groups. | ||
The asynchronous nature of the forums creates many opportunities not only to replicate the conversations you have in person, but also to create entirely new activities that are difficult in a classroom or a similar face-to-face setting. | The asynchronous nature of the forums creates many opportunities not only to replicate the conversations you have in person, but also to create entirely new activities that are difficult in a classroom or a similar face-to-face setting. | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 20 April 2011
Forums are a simple yet very powerful communication tool within a Moodle course. Think of them as online message boards where you and other course participants can post messages to each other while easily keeping track and history of individual conversations.
Because forums in Moodle are asynchronous (unlike instant messaging, chat or face-to-face conversation) they can extend over long periods. People can take their time drafting posts and replies until they are happy with the results. For people whose primary language is not that of the course, people with communicative disabilities, people shy of speaking in public and many others, forums offer a chance to carefully formulate and check their replies as equals, individually or in groups.
The asynchronous nature of the forums creates many opportunities not only to replicate the conversations you have in person, but also to create entirely new activities that are difficult in a classroom or a similar face-to-face setting.
Forum posts in Moodle can also be rated and graded.
