What is the state of the art in self-, co- and socially shared regulation in CSCL?

Articles in this special issue on regulation of learning in computer-supported collaborative learning apply tools across the spectrum of qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate self-, co- and socially shared regulation of learning. As well, a careful consideration of each of these constructs is provided. I briefly review these contributions to identify unique and forward-looking approaches to research in this vibrant area of research. A particular opportunity is recommended for future research regarding the use of process mining, sequence mining, social network analysis and an as-yet to be invented amalgam of these methods in constructing intelligent software agents that could guide participants in CSCL to assemble an optimum mix of self-, co- and socially shared regulation of learning.