At the German Distance Learning University, collaborative synchronous exercises have been recently identified by students and teachers as an important future form of collaborative...
A key challenge for software that supports asynchronous distance education is to engage and guide students who are not interacting in real-time. We describe a first study of two a...
Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) supports groups with communication and coordination during the execution of their activities. It allows physically dispersed teams to en...
Software development is knowledge-intensive as well as collaborative work carried out by several persons. In this type of education, project-based exercises are conducted in order ...