Table 7 Difficulties in online discussion forums
From: What to expect, and how to improve online discussion forums: the instructors’ perspective
Categories | ID | Difficulties | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
Accompaniment difficulty | D1 | Difficulty in following the forum | I2, I3, I5, I7, I8 |
D2 | There are no resources to assist the instructors | I2, I3, I11, I12 | |
D3 | Difficulties to view messages | I3, I6 | |
D4 | There are no stats on the forum | I3, I4, I9 | |
D5 | There are no specific reports | I4, I5 | |
Structural difficulty | D6 | Instructors feel difficulties with forum structure | I1, I2, I3, I8 |
D7 | Students have difficulty with the structure of the forum | I5, I8, I10 | |
D8 | Students have difficulty constructing the discussion | I1, I3 | |
D9 | Lack of visualization tools and flexibility | I1 | |
D10 | Difficulty sending file | I5 | |
D11 | Difficulties in putting students’ grades | I6 | |
D12 | Delay in the update of comments | I9, I10 | |
Motivation difficulty | D13 | Difficulty to provide student feedback | I1, I4, I5 |
D14 | The forum is not current | I7, I8, I9 | |
D15 | Students do not use the forum | I1, I4, I10 | |
D16 | Lack of collaborative resource | I7, I3 | |
Structural difficulty and Motivation difficulty | D17 | The forum is not like social media | I7, I8, I9 |
D18 | Difficulty with forum interface | I4, I10 | |
D19 | Students prefer to use social media than the forum | I7, I8, I12 |