Maximising the usage of Learning Pool's DLE forums

1. Maximising the usage of your DLE forums

2. Hello! Aine Bradley aine@learningpool.com Dave Briggs dave@learningpool.com @davebriggs

3. How this works Presentation from Dave Demonstration from Aine Questions – type them in! Polls What happens next

4. What we’ll cover What are web forums? How can they be used Making them a success How they work in the DLE

5. What are web forums?

6. Defining forums All about conversations Asynchronous (not live) Archiving Structure (forums/topics/threads) User hierarchy (mods and admins)

7. Some common features User profiles Avatars Rankings Quoting Files, media

8. Where you’ll find them Standalone forums Attached to a content driven site Part of a social network Within another application

9. Examples of forums

15. Using forums in e-learning

16. Forums in e-learning Asking questions and clarifying learning points Discussing issues to enhance understanding Post course support Discussion of related issues

17. Making a success of forums

18. You need to: Have someone looking after it Have a purpose Recognise contributions Encourage recruitment Seed content Let debate happen

19. Over to Aine…

20. Question time

21. What’s next Survey We’ll send presentation and link to recording Get in touch with your account manager to find out more Discuss with the rest of the community in our forums!

22. Thank you for tuning in!