“…One important decision when orchestrating collaborative tasks refers to group creation and management. There are different ways to create groups, for example, assigning group members randomly or based on their previous knowledge, ability or performance in the course (van der Laan Smith & Spindle, 2007), that is, homogeneous groups with the same level of knowledge, ability, or previous performance, or heterogeneous groups with different levels of knowledge, ability, or previous performances (Rubio-Fernández et al, 2019). Although there are an important number of articles that addressed the topic of orchestration of collaboration (Dillenbourg & Jermann, 2010;Prieto et al, 2011) there is an open line of research as a result of COVID-19, since collaboration now can take place in hybrid learning environments (with some students in the classroom and others connected online) and where safety distance must be respected in the case of students (and the teacher) who are in the classroom.…”