There are a lot of educational theories developed in past and many of them are related to Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCL). From some of these theories CSCL has got just some influences.

About theories related to CSCL or theories behind of CSCL - In General

• About CSCL theories by Jy Wana Daphne Lin Hsiao
• CSCL: Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning by Sherry, L.
• Learning Theories
• Bransford, John, Ann Brown, and Rodney Cocking, eds. (1999) How people learn National Research Council, Washington, DC: National Academy Press
• Concept to classroom - A series of workshops

Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory

• Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory

Constructivism

• Constructivism Theory by Bruner, J.
• Constructivism by Ryder, M.
• Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning
• Constructivism and the Five E's

Problem-Based Learning

• Problem-Based Learning by PBLI.org at Southern Illinois University, USA
• Problem-Based Learning site of Maastricht University

Distributed cognitions or Situated cognition

• Salomon, G. (1993) Distributed cognitions, Cambridge University Press
• A Brief Introduction to Distributed Cognition by Rogers, Y. (1997)
• Distributed Cognition by Rogers, Y. & Scaife, M. (1997)
• Distributed cognition as Framework for Cooperative Work by Decortis, F., Noirfalise, S. & Saudelli, B.
• Distributed Cognition and Artifacts by Rizzo, A. & Marti, P.
• Cognitive Flexibility Theory by Spiro, R., Feltovitch, P. & Coulson, R.
• Situated Cognition an the Culture of learning by Brown, J.S., Collins, A. & Duguid, P. (1989) in Educational Researcher; v18 n1, pp. 32-42, Jan-Feb 1989
• Situated Cognition: How representations are created and given meaning by Clancey, W.J. (1994) in Lewis, R. and Mendelsohn, P., Eds. Lessons from Learning, pages pp. 231-242. Amsterdam, North Holland.
• Situated Cognition in Theoretical and Practical Context by Wilson, B.G. & Myers, K.M. (1999)
• Clancey, W.J. (1997) Situated Cognition: On Human Knowledge and Computer Representations Cambridge University Press
• Situated cognition by Brill, J. M. (2001). In M. Orey (Ed.), Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology.

Self-Regulated Learning / Metacognition

• Self-Regulated Learning in a Web Based Learning
• The Role of Self-Regulated Learning in Contextual Teaching: Principles and Practices for Teacher Preparation by Paris, S.G. & Winograd, P. (2001)
• Self-Regulated Learning, Metacognition and the Problem of Transfer by Lindner, R.W. (1993)
• Self-Regulated Learning as a Cross-Curricular Competence by OECD Pisa, Germany
• Self Self--regulated Learning Strategies and Achievement in an Introduction to Information Systems Course by Chen, C.S. (2002)
• Perry, N.E. (2002) Introduction: Using Qualitative Methods to Enrich Understandings of Self-Regulated Learning, Educational Psychologist, March 2002, Vol. 37: 1-3
• A thinking geography curriculum by Kriewaldt, J. (2001) GTAV Vol. 29, Numer 4, Dec 2001
• Manning, B.H. & Payne, B.D. (1996) Self-Talk for Teachers and Students: Metacognitive Strategies for Personal and Classroom Use, Allyn & Bacon
• Metacognition by Halter, J.
• Metacognitive Skills for Adult Learning by Imel, S. (2002)

(Distributed) Collaborative Learning

• Intellectual Amplification through Reflection and Didactic Change in Distributed Collaborative Learning by Sorensen, E.K. (CSCL 99)
• What do you mean by 'collaborative learning'? by Dillenbourg P. (1999) In P. Dillenbourg (Ed) Collaborative-learning: Cognitive and Computational Approaches. (pp.1-19). Oxford: Elsevier
• Johnson, D.W. & Johnson, R.T. (1991) Learning together and alone. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall
• Antil, L.R., Jenkins, J.R., Wayne, S.K. & Vadasy, P.F (1998) Cooperative Learning: Prevalence, Conceptualizations, and the Relation Between Research and Practice American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) Vol. 35, No. 3 (Fall 1998),
• Cooperative and collaborative learning

Inquiry-based Learning

• Barell, J. (1998) PBL: AN INQUIRY APPROACH. Arlington Heights, Ill.: Skylight Training and Publishing, Inc.
• Bloom, Lynn Z. and Edward M. White, eds. (1993) INQUIRY: A CROSS-CURRICULAR READER. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
• The Art of Questioning by Wolf, D.P. Academic Connections; pp. 1-7, Winter 1987.