Discussion Forums & Community
COMMUNITY BUILDER
A community is a group of people that shares similar interests.
Having a community in a coaching center would help students/faculty to discuss on common interests.
It would help teachers to know more about students.
Students/faculty can send messages, chat with each other which could actually help them to have a real time discussion irrespective of location and timings.
BENEFITS OF DISCUSSION FORUMS & COMMUNITY
Encourages peer interaction : Students can discuss concepts/problems with or without the involvement of the teacher which helps them in better understanding of the concept and gets to know various solutions to a single problem.
Helps to monitor student reaction : A teacher can easily monitor students reaction on the course content and the methodology.In case students are facing any difficulty the teacher can interact and help students overcome
difficulties.
Provides personal touch : Different threads can be used for discussion on various topics simultaneously.Students and teachers can discuss the approach, test taking techniques, results.
Archived Discussion : All the discussion taking place gets archieved and any student can visit the thread and see the discussions by other students at any time even after a year.
Message Boards : A particular thread can be devoted to the announcements and other important information like results, exam notifications.
