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Research has already outlined the enormous potential of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) to facilitate effective learning processes in higher education. There is still need, though, to build up a validated model able to portray the relationships between the key elements to design and carry out online collaboration methodologies. The purpose of this study is to establish a global model, with the aim to understand the key factors affecting online collaborative learning and to analyze their interrelation, examining the influence of interaction, intra group emotional support and online collaborative tools in learning in CSCL. The study was conducted with 106 students in the context of 5 university degree subjects that implied working on CSCL projects. At the end of the projects, the students filled out a questionnaire and the resulting data was analyzed using the partial least squares (PLS) technique. The …