Student Perceptions of Asynchronous Online Discussions: A Waste of Time or a Valuable Activity? (BERC 2023)

Research shows that student experiences in asynchronous online discussion forums vary. This session highlights the study of business and management students, and explores how participants described positive and negative discussion forum experiences. An important theme is that student participants prefer discussions that have an authentic learning component and are not used to in a social sense. The study results will be used to inform discussion forum design and facilitation.

Presenter: Dr. Thomas Mays, Miami University Regionals, West Chester, OH