During the last ten years, there has been a rapid growth in the number of education and training organisations using asynchronous computer conferencing technology for various forms of online education. This growth has been associated with increased access to personal computers and modems, as well as with the development of national and international academic networks, which can provide low cost access to computer conferencing systems.
Computer conferencing systems have been used in a variety of Computer-mediated educational and training environments, from Virtual Classrooms modes to mixed Virtual and Traditional modes.
Some of the important points that influence on computer conferencing system success for collaborative learning are []: