The Discussion Forum for Educators - Beginner's Tutorial

The Discussion For um for Educators - Beginner's T utorialPlease not e that de tailed i nstructions about the m ultiple features of this F orum c an be found i n t he F orum itself.Introduction What's t he di fference be tween a c hat room a nd a di scussion forum ? How i s t he P ERC di scussion forum orga nized? How do I fi nd c onversations t hat m ight i nterest m e? Forum Etiquette Writing: P ostingWhy i s a pos t’s t opic s o i mportant?What doe s "U nthreaded" a nd "T hreaded" m ean? How c an I fi nd out m ore a bout t he pe ople pos ting on t his forum ?Introduction D iscussion forum s a re c hronological re cords of pe ople's di scussions a bout a gi ven t opic. H ere a t the P revention E ducation Re source Ce nter (P ERC), m ost of t he di scussions a re a bout t eaching prevention, publ ic he alth, a nd i nterprofessional e ducation. T he ba sic i dea i s t hat one pe rson makes a di scussion forum pos t i n one of t he Ca tegories. S /he i s t hen re sponded t o by a nother person w ho i s a lso i nterested i n t he c onversation. M ore pe ople re ad t hese pos ts a nd j oin i n t he conversation. A di scussion forum i s l ike a m ini t own ha ll w here l ots of pe ople c ome t ogether a nd talk a bout s omething t hat i nterests t hem. What's th e difference between a chat r oom an d a discussion for um?A c hat room i s a pl ace w here you go a nd e ngage ot her pe ople i n re al-time. Y ou e nter a room a nd other pe ople a re “ ...