Learning together and alone : cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning / David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson

TL;DR: It is argued that cognitive load theory can be applied to CSCL and can be used to formulate testable hypotheses for pressing issues in CSCL research by incorporating concepts such as collective working memory and mutual cognitive interdependence.

TL;DR: In a survey of lecturers in higher education, the authors found that lecturers were consistently more student-oriented than lecturer-oriented in applying collaborative learning, and more studentoriented lecturers varied more in their collaborative learning practices and beliefs.

TL;DR: The results suggest that students are able to apply their self-learned knowledge to editing images both together and individually and that students embraced the flexibility of learning online, but missed the face-to-face interaction with the teacher and their learning peers.

TL;DR: The impact of a centralized electronic peer evaluation system on the group effectiveness of undergraduate business students over a pair of semesters is described.