Interactive learning..?

In response to the 'cyber classroom' held last Wednesday, I really just felt like it was impersonal..and well, kinda weird. I mean, it's definitely a concept with potential..I just felt the way the particular program that we used was not set up in the simplest way. I found it really hard to follow what everyone was trying to say. There were numerous conversations going on all at the same time, and I found it difficult to respond due to all the obscurity. Perhaps if it was set up in way that people could form their own chatrooms(?) it would be more beneficial as an interactive learning tool.

I guess I'm just used to discussion based classes where ideas are contributed and discussed in a much slower and more personalized manner; however, I'm not completely turned off of the concept (under the circumstances that it is revised).