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This article aims to investigate how students use new technology in collaborative group work and tries to measure what factors impact students’ satisfaction with overall group collaboration. In particular, this study aims to investigate the following research questions: What are the factors (including challenges) that influence the students’ overall satisfaction with collaboration? Does the usage of e-collaboration tools and social media usage influence collaboration satisfaction? The findings of the study are summarized in a model that point towards the main factors influencing student overall group work satisfaction.
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Razmerita, L., Kirchner, K. (2014). Social Media Collaboration in the Classroom: A Study of Group Collaboration. In: Baloian, N., Burstein, F., Ogata, H., Santoro, F., Zurita, G. (eds) Collaboration and Technology. CRIWG 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8658. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10166-8_25
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