Usability and cognitive styles in collaborative groups within a project-based learning environment

The paper presents the structure and development of the human centered based projects defined within the PBL experience. Also, a detailed presentation and interpretation of the designed satisfaction questionnaires is presented. Special emphasis is put on showing how it is intended to get the information related to the collaborative aspects that raised within the project. Finally, the results of the questionnaires are presented and interpreted. Suggestions on incorporation of collaborative ventures within the learning activities is recommended as a positive way towards enhancement of the student active role in the learning process. On that basis, the contributions of the present work are to show the methodology used, the effort to generate questionnaires and metrics for the measurement of the students collaboration. Main conclusion is related to the satisfaction of the students specially on the collaborative aspects of the project.