In Class: Chandra and Fisher find that the classroom community is positively related to quality learning [8]. The classroom is the place for knowledge-internalisation, students are the main participants in the learning process and teachers are the organisers of classroom instruction. Students acquire positive emotions and experience by reporting, collaborating and communicating in groups. Teachers guide students in accordance with their problems and offer pertinent suggestions. In this way, doubts would be cleared up very quickly, and students can further reinforce what they have learned. Teachers or students use several of the resources provided by the collaborative learning platform to support classroom activities.
Gradually, as classroom activities are further developed, the confusions in students' learning are filtered out and common problems will be emphasised in the next round of learning. In addition, teachers can give individual guidance for the individualised problems on the collaborative learning platform after class.
After Class: Students absorb knowledge, transfer knowledge and improve their capabilities. They post blogs to analyse, reflect on the learning process and view electronic portfolios, which are sum of their learning activities. The portfolios are also the basis of students’ evaluation from the perspective of teachers. According to students’ blogs and their learning e-portfolios, teachers can guide students in accordance with their problems and give an overall, objective and effective evaluation of their learning. This cooperative learning platform, providing necessary learning situations, is a helpful tool for communicating and promoting explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge.