Technology advances each and every day. New media plays a significant role on how individuals today can communicate. There are many ways an scholars can communicate with in each other. Whether it's through blackboard discussions, via twitter or even the traditional in class discussion. Twitter and blackboard discussions are closely related. However, I find it harder to communicate using twitter; being that twitter limits it's tweet to 140 character it's harder for one to really express their thoughts and opinions in only one tweet. Twitter is used for more simple discussions while blackboard discussions are more complex. Blackboard discussions are also more scholarly than twitter. Blackboard also provides more features so that students can communicate with each other better. In class discussions is a more traditional way to communicate. Using in class discussions allows the speaker to set the tone. It also allows the speaker to get their points across and allows the listener to better understand what's being stand. There are many benefits of in class discussions. Students are able to engage in dialogue and develop speaking skills. There are many pros and cons between each and every one of these scholarly and new media discussions.
Hi Imani,
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you that Twitter is a bit hard to communicate thoughts and carry on discussion because of its 140 character limit. However, I thought that the 140 character word limit would actually make carrying on discussions faster and easier. It was interesting to read your insight on it, maybe Blackboard would be an easier platform for more in depth discussions.
-Sophie Leung