Online Projects Using Discussion Boards

Discussion boards have become a popular feature of educational website providers such as Blackboard and WebCT.

These boards have proven valuable for stimulating out of class discussion and interaction between students. Recently I have been using the discussion board feature (on Blackboard) for a different purpose: student projects. I have successfully used this project in my Economic Development and Economics of the European Union courses (and I will be using it in International Economics next fall). This project was originally intended for Economics courses with an international focus. However the project format and methodology could be utilized in many other courses.