162818 20251017144648.0 doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1605499 sideral 145359 ART-2025-145359 eng Orejudo, Santos Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6492-2248 Does digital collective learning improve with more participants? An experiment on a collective learning platform 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Introduction: The emergence of the Internet in the educational field has opened a significant number of possibilities, including interactive “virtual spaces” of collaboration in groups of many different sizes. Based on the principles of collective intelligence, our collaborative learning platform proposes an interaction model in which participants gradually reach solutions to a problem through a series of interaction processes that culminate in a step where consensus is reached. Methods: In our study, we compare results gathered from three groups of 11-to 12-year-old students (274, 56, and 69 participants) who dealt on the platform with a task related to emotional competencies in online environments. Large numbers of participants are possible on this platform thanks to its flexible design. Participants worked in seven phases to solve five questions with different answer formats based on a case study of social comparison on social networks. Results: Results reveal differences in terms of evolution according to group size: the largest group achieved the best results. Discussion: We analyzed the results through a series of variables that reveal further statistically significant differences among groups working on the same task in this novel learning environment info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S14-24 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/MICINN/TED2021-130302B-C21 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Casanova, Oscar Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8263-3447 Cano-Escoriaza, Jacobo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8422-9213 Cebollero-Salinas, Ana Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2515-9029 3001 189 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Expres.Music.Plást.Corp. Área Didáctica Expres. Musical 4001 215 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. 4009 735 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac 16 (2025), 1605499 [15 pp.] Front. psychol. Frontiers in Psychology 1664-1078 1832437 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/162818/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2163208 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/162818/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:162818 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:35:05 ARTICLE