Due to its perceived benefits, asynchronous discussion forums have become progressively popular in higher education. The ultimate goal of developing an asynchronous discussion forum is to create an online learning environment that will achieve high levels of learning. This paper reviews the exiting literature and develops taxonomy of the asynchronous discussion forums with the aims of increasing the understanding and awareness of various types of asynchronous discussion forums. The taxonomy will help increase the online course designers' ability to design more effective learning experiences for student success and satisfaction. It will also help researchers to understand the features of the various asynchronous discussion forums.
Pagination
706 - 714Location
Jeju Island, KoreaStart date
2011-12-08End date
2011-12-10ISSN
1865-0929eISSN
1865-0937ISBN-13
9783642272066ISBN-10
3642272061Language
engPublication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2011, Springer-Verlag BerlinExtent
77Editor/Contributor(s)
T Kim, H Adeli, H Kim, H Kang, K Kim, A Kiumi, B KangTitle of proceedings
Software engineering, business continuity, and education international conferences ASEA, DRBC and EL 2011, held as part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2011, in conjunction with GDC 2011, Jeju Island, Korea, December 8-10, 2011, proceedingsEvent
Software Engineering, Business Continuity, and Education. Conferences (2011 : Jeju Island, Korea)Publisher
Springer-VerlagPlace of publication
Berlin, GermanySeries
Communications in computer and information science ; 257Source
Software engineering, business continuity, and education : international conferences, ASEA, DRBC and EL 2011, held as part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2011, in conjunction with GDC 2011, Jeju Island, Korea, December 8-10, 2011 : proceedings
