1. Which generation of adult learners do you believe is most significantly influenced by group size dynamics in the educational environment? Why? How does technology influence the management of group size dynamics? Support your view.
2. Group think and isolationism could be positioned as opposite ends of a spectrum. How does technological innovation promote or discourage these extremes? Identify a specific generational cohort and explain how traits indigenous to this particular cohort promote or discourage these opposing ends of the spectrum.
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