The three T s of the structure of online collaborative activities

This paper proposes to regard the structure of CSCL activities as an entity composed of the three independent dimensions: Time, Tasks and Teams. The paper analyses the collaborative processes activated by students during five different types of activities (Discussion, Peer Review, Case Studies, Role Play and Jigsaw). Based on real life data, the authors try to identify the relations between the three dimensions and the nature of the learning process.