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This paper introduces the Event Centre (EC) concept to enhance e-tutors' ability to support quality learning in online discussion forums. The EC provides e-tutors with periodic visual snapshots of forum activities, showing how learners construct meaning and advance knowledge through their interactions. By visualizing these processes, the EC concept helps e-tutors better understand and facilitate the dynamic learning environment of online forums.