The current study aimed to investigate the effects of Distributed Pair Programming (DPP) on some of the learning process outcomes. The study attempted to assess the effects of DPP by assessing its effects on the performance, satisfaction with online collaborative learning and teamwork skills of the Computer Science (CS) and Management Information System (MIS) sophomore students at Al-Jubail University College (JUC). The study examined the following hypotheses: • DPP affect students' performance compared with the performance of the students adopting Distributed Non-Pair Programming (DNPP). • DPP affect students' teamwork skills compared with the teamwork skills of the students adopting DNPP. • DPP affect students' satisfaction with the online collaborative learning compared with the satisfaction of the students adopting DNPP. The study’s sample consisted of 68 students of CS and MIS sophomore students taking Introduction to Computer Science CS 202 programming course. The sample consisting of the paired students was randomly and evenly divided into experimental and control group. The study's instruments included: students satisfaction with online collaborative learning questionnaire, students prior teamwork skills questionnaire, and students teamwork skills checklist. The study yielded a non-significant difference between the experimental and the controlled group in the performance variables except with regard to the time taken to create the program, in which the experimental group took less time. Additionally, the study resulted with a significant difference between the two groups in relation to the teamwork skills important sub-variables in favor of the experimental group. Moreover, the study resulted with a significant difference between the two groups in their satisfaction with peer interaction, which is the important sub-variable of students satisfaction with online collaborative learning, the experimental group showed a significantly higher level of satisfaction compared to the control group.

The current study aimed to investigate and assess the effect of the Virtual Laboratory on the performance, attitude and motivation of the Microbiology enrolled female students at the College of Basic Education and Training, Kuwait State 2009-2010. Randomization of the sample was not an option, so the study included only the available sample, which was one hundred twenty seven female students who enrolled in the subject of Microbiology at the College of Basic Education and Training, Kuwait, in the academic year of 2009-2010. The available sample was grouped into a control and experimental groups as they enrolled in the subject, and were tested on two different semesters, each on a different semester for some validity considerations and to increase the sample size. The research instruments included: the microbiology laboratory final practical exam, and Performance Assessment sheet that included the elements of motivation, attitude and performance adapted from Timothy Ryan (1993). The virtual laboratory was implemented for 10 laboratory experiments that were delivered to the students via a data show presentation twice a week, once at the end of the lecture on the theoretical part of the course and once before the actual experiment takes place. Data analysis of microbiology laboratory final practical exam revealed that the performance variable has significantly improved for the experimental group than that of the control group. Whereas the data analysis for the Performance Assessment sheet showed that all dependant variables were affected positively by the virtual laboratory but in different margins; the performance variable was affected significantly better than the other two dependant variables, motivation and attitude.