Teaching, Learning, and Technology

J. Ritchie BoydTeaching, Learning & Technology Support Specialist

Office of the ProvostInstructional Technology Project Director

Extended University

Did you Know…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8

Provost?Provost?

Where to find resources– Teaching and Learning Committee

• Seminars, Presentations, Mentors, Networking, Mini-grants, food (& me).

– Extended University/Burns Tech Center• Desire2Learn, MSU Online, Videoconferencing,

Outreach

– The MSU Libraries• “Vanna, tell them what they’ve won…”

– Your colleagues, department, college• Peer feedback, mentoring, local resources and

support

Find links to all of these articles at:http://jrboyd.posterous.com/

Thank YouRitchie Boyd

204 Culbertson994-4660

jrboyd@montana.edu

Differing Attitudes Across Generations?• Silent Generation (Born 1925-1945)

– Also called the Postwar Generation and the Seekers– Too late to be war heroes; too early to be youthful free spirits– Risk-averse technicians, sensitive rock-n-rollers ("Why must I be a teenager in love?"), brooding Method

actors and civil rights advocates of a post-Crisis era– Conformity seemed a sure ticket to success

• Baby Boomers (Born 1946-1964)– Children of G.I. Generation– Influences:–Suburbia, TV, Vietnam, Watergate, protests, human rights movement, drugs, and rock ‘n roll– Characteristics:–Live to work–Generally optimistic–Influence on policy– Two-thirds of faculty today are baby boomers

• Generation X (Born 1965-1980)– Influences

• Sesame Street, MTV, Game Boy, PC, divorce rate tripled, latch-key children– Characteristics

• –Need a balance between work and life• –Clear & consistent expectations• –Value contributing to the whole• –Skeptical, but flexible and motivated• –Adaptive to change and technology• One of the defining factors of Generation X is the transitions resulting from the decline of colonial

imperialism to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.– 16% of today’s faculty– 25% of current students

• Millennials(Born 1980-2002 - aka Generation Y)– Influences–Expanded technology, disasters, gangs, diversity, globalization– Characteristics–Live in the moment–Expect immediacy of technology–Work in teams–Globally concerned–

Desire structure and purpose–Constant feedback– 60% of today’s students

source: http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-generations