Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
During last month's Net*Working 2002 online conference I saw once again why I dislike threaded discussions so much. By fragmenting and sorting the comments, threaded discussions create a body of content that is almost impossible to read. I gave up on threaded discussions years ago; you may have notice that the discussion area on this site is not threaded. This article provides a good overview of the problems with threaded discussions and describes a range of alternative approaches to online collaboration. The title is a bit misleading, as the use of shared documents is only one way to create a readable forum. Well worth reading.

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