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What defines a great professor? "Playing in the Sandbox: Conversations in Pedagogy" is a podcast series that answers this question with one word: play. Most will agree that the best professors and instructors of higher education are those who promote (and exemplify) passion, curiosity, exploration, experimentation, and the willingness to fail and try again. In other words, as this podcast argues, the best professors are those who meaningfully and thoughtfully play.
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Wednesday May 08, 2019
Turning Group Work into Teamwork, Part 1
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
This episode explores the disconnect between people hating group work and people enjoying group play by proposing 5 Ps (planning, patronage, players, practice, and purpose) that faculty should to consider when transforming group work into meaningful play. The episode explores in-depth the first three Ps--planning, patronage, and players--and offers explicit ways that faculty can keep these elements in mind as they develop and assign group projects.
Sources referenced in and consulted for this episode:
"Bartle's Player Types for Gamification." Interaction Design Foundation.
The Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology.
Glenn, David. "Students Give Group Assignments a Failing Grade." The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2009.
Hackman, J. Richard. Interview. "Why Teams Don't Work." Harvard Business Review. 2009.
Hot Tamale/Cool Cucumber Leadership Style--Questionnaire.
Tolman, Anton O. and Janine Kremling, eds. Why Students Resist Learning: A Practical Model for Understanding and Helping Students. 2017.
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