Scholarly Discussion.

Scholarly discussion refers to the communication through the system in which scholarly writings and research are created. The online environment is increasing globally hence the need to encourage and create programs that are advanced, effective, suitable, extensible and economically viable to better scholarly communication to create a barrier-free environment (Ertl, 2010). Through the advancement of scholarly communication, there have been new modes of initiatives that are promising a great future.

The principles of scholarly discussion form the ground rules for this discussion to make it successful. Participation among students helps in the learning environment since there is no lurking in the cyberspace. This ensures maximum benefits for all since everyone must contribute. Report glitches give a chance for the student with a similar problem to share and come up with a solution. This is done easily since they do not have to meet physically ((Ertl, 2010). Through these discussions, a student is able to be clear and articulate a point without being pompous or preachy. In the scholarly discussions, there has been the usage of emoticons and texting as a shortcut method though it is not an academic dialogue. There is also respect to diversity through online discussions which limits racist comments since it is a platform that is ethnically rich, multi-cultural and diverse (Rodgers et al, 2009).

Social networks differ from the scholarly discussion since there is no use of emoticons and texting. This means that there are no shortcuts in the language. The social network is applicable in face-to-face discussions which are different from the scholarly discussion in an online learning environment. Social network discussions carry an amount of weight through nonverbal nuances that cannot replicate in an online environment (Rodgers et al, 2009).

Reference

Ertl, B. (2010). Technologies and practices for constructing knowledge in online environments:             Advancements in learning. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

Rogers, P. L., Berg, G. A., Boettcher, J. V., Howard, C., Justice, L., & Schenk, K. (2009).             Encyclopedia of distance learning. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.