Enhance students’ understanding with the help of web forums
by Rajesh Bharvad
It is very important that an instructor takes care whether the students have understood the topics taught in the classroom. In the traditional class an instructor asks questions to the students. And the outcome of his effort is that few good students try to answer the questions and the rest of the students just sit passively without any contribution from their part.
In order to avoid this situation an instructor should integrate the use of technology in the post session of teaching. For instance, he can ask the students to reflect the points that are taught in the classroom and write in the forum that is created in the web world. Now the students will be very comfortable in presenting the things that the instructor discuss in the classroom. They will be happy to raise his questions in case he has not understood in the classroom. In this web forum an instructor can also participate and help them learn things quickly.
This is very important because all the students are not able to raise their questions in the classroom and hence, technology will cure their inhibitions. Even creating bogs is also very important where students can discuss the points and can also get reply from their instructor.
Hence, it can be a very fruitful session in which both students and their instructor can participate in an online discussion. This task will result into a very successful activity as far as the understanding of all the learners is concerned.