From: What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective
Categories | Difficulties | Don’t have in the Literature | Difficulties references | Improvements references | |
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Accompaniment | Difficulty in following the forum | ||||
There are no resources to assist the instructors | |||||
Difficulties to view messages | |||||
There are no stats on the forum | x | x | x | ||
There are no specific reports | x | x | x | ||
Structural | Instructors feel difficulties with forum structure | [55] | |||
Students have difficulty with the structure of the forum | |||||
Students have difficulty constructing the discussion | |||||
Lack of visualization tools and flexibility | x | x | x | ||
Difficulty sending file (audio, video) | x | x | x | ||
Difficulties in putting students’ grades | x | x | x | ||
Delay in the update of comments | x | x | x | ||
Motivation | Difficulty to provide student feedback | ||||
Students do not use the forum | |||||
Lack of collaborative resource | |||||
The forum is not current | |||||
Structural and Motivation | Difficulty with forum interface | x | |||
Students prefer to use social media than the forum | x | ||||
The forum is not like social media | Like Facebook | x | x | x | |
Integrate with WhatsApp | x | x | x |