Managing Collaborative Learning Processes in e-Learning Applications

This paper argues that current e-learning approaches do not take into account process-oriented nature of learning in traditional settings. This situation can be seen as one of the reasons why many e-learning applications have disappointing results in learning outcome or efficiency of knowledge transfer. To remedy this deficiency in modern e-learning, a tool that supports management of collaborative learning processes has been implemented at University of Technology Graz. This paper presents that tool and outlines its implementation. At last, the paper discusses a number of directions for the future work to support collaborative learning processes in e-learning applications.