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All participants share in the learning and the responsibility for furthering discussion.
In most cases, students need clear guidelines and preparation for effective discussion participation. This also involves contributing further knowledge and experience, weaving discussion threads together to provide focus and facilitating harmonious collaboration. The role of the student is that of active learner. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning and to create a learning community within the online classroom. In actuality, there is a huge difference, mainly in that the roles of both student and teacher are rather non-negotiable in the online classroom.