Discussion boards in nursing education

[londonflo]

With so many nurses attending online programs, I wonder about the activity of "discussion boards". I took two courses (not in nursing education) and did not find discussion boards particularly effective in learning anything new. The writing skills were really not above the high school level and the expression of their ideas seemed stunted. But as I said these were graduate education and not nursing. What has been your experience with discussion boards?

[caliotter3]

Waste of time.

[londonflo]

I attend a support group for health care professionals. Most members are master's level counselors. Their education involved discussion boards. Those that were organized and wanted to post early had to wait to post until the others posted right before the deadline to respond .I know I will get flack for this, but I don't think it adds anything in education and I have taken 15 credits where this was the "most important part" of learning.

I attended a (college) nursing educational program at the request (demand of my dean).  Discussion boards  were touted as an integral part of learning. I just do not see where the learning happens, even what I read here that they have do back up their arguments with APA cited articles.