For all the exciting, new, cutting edge educational technologies being developed and deployed, discussion boards and forums seem to elude updates and redesigns. Furthermore, the ability of discussion boards to actually stimulate discussion is hit or miss, depending on who you ask — some students love discussion boards while others hate them. Designers and educators need to critically evaluate discussion boards as they are currently designed to improve their effectiveness or, better yet, to reimagine their use in education. Just because “discussion” is in the name of discussion boards does not mean that conversations are guaranteed.