Stimulating collaborative behaviour in design education

This paper discusses the potential of CSCW tools to monitor and motivate collaborative behaviour of students in design projects. After a brief review of theories on collaborative learning and collaborative behaviour, the paper presents the author´s observations of issues experienced by students in collaborative design projects. These issues are compared to the capabilities of the various categories of CSCW tools, in order to find ways to offer support to both students and teachers in detecting and resolving these collaboration issues.