A Five-Layer Approach in Collaborative Learning Systems Design with Respect to Emotion

This work presents a position paper that first reviews in depth the state of the art in Collaborative Learning Systems design with respect to emotion and then proposes a new conceptual framework that takes into account a five layer approach that considers physiological, emotional, sociological, technological and educational aspects in relation to learning. This study reveals the need for a more situated and affective Computer Supported Collaborative Learning system.