Evaluating the performance of students through collaborative learning: Case study: Distance education program in Indonesia

This study aimed to determine the importance of an online forum discussion in online learning. To advance the function of the online forum discussion in online learning, it needs a model of effective collaborative learning. That advancement will also upsurge the success of online learning in Indonesia. However, collaborative learning has many challenges in distance learning. Students are required to have good time management, have the ability on self-learning, as well as active in the online discussion forums. This research had been conducted on students of Business Management department in distance education program. The overall results showed that the activity of the individual tasks and task groups, the presence in video conferencing, active in online discussion forums, and the readiness to take the quiz online, it has a significant relationship to student performance.