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.

CliftonStrengths.

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.