Course that have group projects represent a great opportunity to see the communications dynamics between generations. It’s very easy to see, for example, those that want to work offline using teleconferencing and face to face meeting (Baby Boomers) and those that prefer the online (live) chat to complete the project. Or those that have great technical abilities (Millennials) and those students that hate group projects and would rather work alone (Gen X). So as much as students tend to resist group projects within the online environment, the dynamics among them can clearly serve as a generational marker for the facilitator. The risk of student labeling non withstanding, reactions and preferences observed during small group activities can serve as a source for identifying generational differences in a smaller setting than the main classroom. Being able to reliably identify communications preferences by generation also leads to better selection of resources for building the learning community in the broader sense. Observing group dynamics works for me when the group projects are within the session, but when they are the last deliverable in the course, the point is mute. Is anyone else using small group dynamics to assess generational communications preferences to align proper resources?