To say I was shocked was an understatement. Last week John Mackey, CEO of organic grocer Whole Foods, admitted that from 1999 to 2006, he had been anonymously posting messages to Yahoo’s message board ...

Most courses at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) include discussion board assignments each week. In fact, you might have discussion boards in every course of your degree program. So, why are ...

The harder stance by the big auction site on sharing information sparks censorship complaints from its community. Do eBay members have a case? Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for ...

Online discussion boards are one of the most commonly used activities when it comes to facilitating student engagement in an online environment. There are many benefits of using discussion boards.

Why Are Class Discussions Challenging? There are a variety of reasons that class discussions are challenging. It’s not necessarily just students being “lazy”. There could be a lot of real issues and ...

While there are many tools in Blackboard Learn, discussion boards are a staple when we want to foster conversation with students about course content. When crafted to leverage the key aspects of ...

Discussion boards are chronological records of online conversations about a given topic. Here at the Fool, most of the discussion is about investing or personal finance. We have more than 4,000 active ...

We’ve all been there: rewording a classmate’s post just enough to hit the word count on a discussion board. Usually, we start with “Great point!” and then proceed to paraphrase their entire argument.

Participation in a discussion board is among the most common assignments in online courses. We typically ask our students to respond to a reading or a prompt and then reply to several of their ...

The Discussion tool can be used to encourage users to share thoughts on course material with both instructors and their peers. Creating forums and topics in Brightspace is an effective way for users ...