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Twitter discussion is very different from Blackboard Discussion. When users participate on Twitter discussions or response to a post, the user will use <#hashtag@username>on every post, so that the other users can see for whom the response is and for which post.

On other hand, on BlackBoard, if students want to discuss or reply to the discussion board on Blackboard, they can directly reply or quote or email author on the post. Also, on Blackboard there is no limit to the length of a post.

An in-class discussion is a real-time discussion that is gone after the class is finished. Discussions online can be saved for past a semester. Online discussions can be better sometimes, because you have more time to think about what to say. 


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