Understanding the Collaborative Learning Process in a Technology Rich Environment
This article proposes an innovative analytical framework for viewing the collaborative process. It reports on a study with elementary school aged children working with LEGO/Logo and their evolving understanding of the scientific concept of mechanical advantage. Some of the findings are reported and support the view that disagreements can be a legitimate form of collaboration.

Students as teachers: The benefits of peer tutoring
This article examines the development and evaluation of a pilot peer tutoring program conducted over two semesters with undergraduate Commerce students. The results showed that the course results of the tutees in both semesters were very good with the majority of students passing with credits and distinctions. The tutors found it to be an enjoyable experience that improved and revised their knowledge of the subject matter, and improved their teaching and communication skills.

Issues in Distance Learning
This review of literature and current information related to distance learning deals with several primary research issues. These include redefining the roles of partners in distance education teams, technology selection and adoption, design issues, methods and strategies to increase interactivity and active learning, learner characteristics, learner support, operational issues, policy and management issues, equity and accessibility, and cost/benefit tradeoffs. This article also provides methods and strategies for developing and delivering instruction.

Internet Based Collaborative Learning
This article covers the results of an investigation into the use of the internet as a means of communication for teams of students from different universities who were many thousands of miles distant from one another. The overall result of the investigation showed that virtual teams can produce good output and that in the eyes of many of the respondent students, virtual teams can operate as successfully as face to face teams. This article presents only the results but does not interpret the results.

Supporting Collaborative Learning during Information Searching
This article considers the role of collaborative learning during information searching and reports on observations of situated collaboration in a physical library. The authors propose that it is important to provide users with mechanisms that allow them to share the process of their searching activities as well as its product, and also for the systems to facilitate an awareness of others.

Applications to Support Student Group Work
This article discusses the types of activities involved in student group work and identifies five main classes of activity: private conversations, discussion of issues, production of deliverables, records management, and project management.

A Framework of Hypertextual Vocabulary Support for Collaborative Learning
This article proposes a framework for designing support systems to enhance communications in collaborative learning activities using computer networks. Two projects implementing this framework are described. In these two projects, it has been observed that the framework of hypertextual situational support for vocabulary understanding is useful in computer network-based learning activities, especially with students using foreign language in communication.