1.Millennial Learners

2. TodaysPlan PhaseIIntroductions Overview Phase2TheMillennialLearnerDefinedWhatWeKnowForSure Phase3BestPractices ActionPlan 3. Activity WhichGenerationsareinthisWorkshop? Silent(19251942)Ages6684 BabyBoomer(19431960)Ages4865 Gen X(19611980)Ages2847 Millennial(1980 2000)Ages827Silent BoomerGenX Millennial 4. Activity List3DefiningEventsofYourGenerationSilent Boomer GenX Millennial 5. The expectation for involvementwith faculty and other students overrides a desire to use technology. EducationtheNetGeneration DianaG.Oblinger andJamesL.Oblinger,Editors 6. Millennial LearnersVideo FromYouTube 7. Bythenumbers 2008 80Million1829yearolds 36%oftheU.S.Population http://www.newvotersproject.org/research/demographics 8. TheNCCCSSystem 9. NumbersbyGeneration20052006EnrollmentbyAgeNCCCSCurriculum 200520066% 1%31% 62% MillennialGENXBoomerAllOther 10. PCCStudentEnrollment FA07CurriculumOnly0%6%27%SilentBoomersGenXMillennials 67% Millennials 11. PCCFacultybyGeneration FA07 4% 4%35% SilentBoomersGEN X BOOMERS GenXMillennials 57% 12. ACloserLookatMillennials Bornin198082ish Firsthighschoolgraduatingclass 2000 Culturalicons 13. MajorEvents Millennials FromthePBSDocumentary GenerationNextwhichairedin2007 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/generation next/demographic/timeline_majorevents.htmlMajorEvents TheTechnologyTimeline http://www.pbs.org/newshour/generation next/demographic/timeline_technology.html TechTimeline 14. 60 Minutes on the Millennial Workforce http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4126233n 15. TheMillennialis Comfortablewith GoalOriented technology neverlived Successdriven withoutcomputers Awareofthelifestylethey Connected24/7desire Confident Diverse mostdiverse OptimisticgenerationEVER Hopeful Serviceoriented Independent(oftendespite Inclusive helicopterparents) TeamOriented Determined 16. CoreCharacteristics SPECIALSTRESSEDClose to Parents eXPERIENtialDIVERSESERVICE orientedCONFIDENT Team Oriented 17. Helicopterparents Highselfesteem Treatedasindividuals Mediatargetsdirectlytothem (thinkrealityshows,techtoys) Sheltered Mostwantedgenerationever 18. STRESSED Highachievers Sleepdeprived Gradedriven MUSTmeetgoalsandthinkthemeans justifiestheendstosucceedatmeetinggoals (i.e. cheatingo.k.) Constantlyinmotion Liveina24/7world 19. ClosetoParents Liketohangoutwith parentsComfortablewiththeir parentsvaluesFeelasenseofdutyto family 20. EXPERIENTIAL Learnbydoing Learnthroughdiscovery Interactive Collaborative Engaged Multitasking Strongleadership Welldefinedgoals 21. DIVERSE Valueracialdiversity Valueethnicdiversity LeastCaucasiangenerationinhistory LargestAsianandLatinopopulationinU.S. history 22. Service Minded Mostagreeeveryoneshouldcommittoatleast1yearofservicetothecountry CommunityserviceisapriorityformostMillennials Partofwork/lifebalance 23. CONFIDENT ExpectCONSTANT affirmation Girlsoutpacingboysas leaders Goal setters:short andlongterm Plan+Action=Success 24. Team Oriented Learncollaboratively Strongcommunicators Demandtostayconnected FocusonWeratherthanI 25. WhatWeKnowAboutMillennialLearners Visualcommunicators Integratethevirtualandthephysicalworlds Learnbetterthroughdiscoverythanbybeing told Shiftattentionquickly Payattentiononlytowhatintereststhem Respondquicklyandexpectquickresponses inreturn 26. WhatWeKnowAboutMillennialLearners DigitallyLiterateBUThaveapoor understandingofinformationquality not InformationLiterate Lesstextliteratethanothergenerations theydonotread Verygoaloriented Multitaskers CRAVEinteractivity 27. WhatWeKnowAboutMillennial Learners Mustbeforcedtoreflect Expecttoparticipateinthelearningprocess notpassivelearners Firstpersonlearningistheexpectation simulations,visualization,experiential activities Viewgraphicsfirst,thenmightcheckouttext 28. WEB110 Fall2008StudentPreCourseSurvey DoyouhaveacomputerathomewithInternetaccess? 7% 5students YES 66studentsNO 93% 29. WEB110 Fall2008StudentPreCourseSurvey Whichtypesofcomputersdoyouuse?69% 70605049 55%students 403020% 1%39 20 students141 10 studentsstudent0 desktoplaptop PCCcomputersnone 30. WEB110 Fall2008 StudentPreCourseSurveyWhattypeofInternetconnectivitydoyouhave? 60 86% 5052% 40Highspeed 34% 3020 377%7% 24students 10students5students5students0 DSLCableModemDialUpNone 31. WEB110 Fall2008StudentPreCourseSurvey HowmuchtimedoyouspendontheInterneteachday? 13% 23%1orlesshours/day5ormorehours/day65%15hours/day 32. WEB110 Fall2008 StudentPreCourseSurveyWhydoyouusetheInternet? Other AcademicsEntertainment25%85%65% PersonalResearch 80%65% FindInfo76% Communication 33. WEB110 Fall2008 StudentPreCourseSurveyHaveyoueverpostedtoablog?51%49% YESNO 34. BESTPRACTICESTeachingtheMillennialLearner Providestructureforstudents Clearexpectations,detailedinstructions Allowstudentstohelpdeterminethestructureofthe course(syllabus,goals,assignments) Bespecificaboutacceptablebehavior offeringvisualexamplesifpossible Providebothleadershipandguidance Usepositiveandfrequentaffirmationof achievement(likevideogames) Actions/consequences Effort=reward 35. BESTPRACTICES TeachingtheMillennialLearner Allowstudentstoconnectwitheachother andthecontentthroughcollaborativeand peertopeerassignments Clearinstructionsonhowtomanageproblems Challengethestudents Holdstudentsaccountable Flexibleassignmentschedulewithchoices Provideactive,engaged,fun,and studentcenteredlearningactivities 36. BESTPRACTICES TeachingtheMillennialLearner Teachdelayedgratificationbybuilding reflectionintothecurriculum Encouragelearningforlearningssakenot justagrade Provideservicelearningopportunities Buildasenseofcommunitywithinthecourse and/ormajor 37. BESTPRACTICESTeachingtheMillennialLearner Incorporatetimemanagementskillsintothe curriculum Pacedscheduleforassignments Shortmodulesofstudy Provenpedagogicalsuccessstrategies Providestudyguides Provideextracreditopportunities Providemodelexamplesofassignmentsandprojects CLEARLYandEXPLICITILYexplainrulesofbehaviorand linktheconsequencestogrades 38. ActionPlan WhatdoIwanttoteach? Objectives Specificskills Specificconcepts 39. ActionPlan HowdoIteachitnow? Lecture Activities Assignments Assessment 40. ActionPlan HowcanIteachitusing Amorestructuredapproach contentmodules,morefrequentfeedback Morevisualcontent usegames,slideshows,roleplaying Incorporatingcollaborationamongstudents smallgroups Personalization peercoaching,casestudies,choices Digitalcommunicationtools wikis,blogs,GoogleDocs 41. ActionPlan HowdoIknowstudentsarelearning? Usejournaling blogs,wikis Createsmallgroupswithroleassignments Holdsynchronouschats WhatassessmentstrategieswillIuse? Objective Subjective Projectbased Groupactivities Acombination 42. ActionPlan HowdoIaddmorestructuretothecourse? CreateapacedschedulefortheUnitofStudy Emailremindersforassignmentsevenifyouve toldthestudentstheduedateandpostedit online ALWAYShaveanonlinesupplementforyour courses theonlinepresencegivesstudents24/7 accesstocontentandotherstudents Givestudentsverydetailedstepbystep instructionswithvisualcontentwheneverpossible 43. Step by Step withVisuals 44. ActionPlan HowdoIaddmorepersonalizationtothecourse? Assignstudentswithsimilarintereststosmallgroupsforsomeprojects/assignmentsexample:nursingmajorscompleteawriting/reflectionprojectinaBusiness110courseontheBusinessofNursing ASKstudentswhattheywanttolearninthecourseandwhy surveythem sharethefindingsuseasurveytoollikeZoomerang toaskthestudentsquestionstheveryfirstweekofclass,sharetheresultsweek2andletthestudentsknowwhatyouincorporatedinthecoursefromthesurvey Allowstudentsmoreinputinhowthecontentandassessmentswillbedelivered givethemchoicesgivestudentsachoiceofanobjectivetest,atakehometest,anonlinetest;letthemchoosetotake3of4assessmentsinthecourse,givethemchoiceswithinthetest Besurestudentsknowsomeofyourhumanstoryandencouragethemtosharetheirstakeadvantageofthetechnologyandhavestudentssetupprofiles,shareyours,setupaFacebook account,ablog,awikiandinvitestudentstojoinyouthere;Irecommendedublogsandpbwiki www.edublogs.org http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki 45. ActionPlan Alistofcollaborationoptions Assignstudentstosmallgroups;assignrolesto eachmemberofthegroup Facilitator initiatesandkeepsthe communicationgoing;Recorder makessurethe informationbeingsharediscondensedandpresentedappropriately;Contributor participatesintheconversation,project,etc.; changegroupsandrolesthroughoutthe semesterforotherassignments Assignstudentsprojectswhichmightbeturnedin individuallyorasagroup,butallowthemtowork togetherontheprojects.Requirethatstudents journalorreportontheprojectstatusdirectly totheinstructor 46. WhatWeKnowForSure MillennialsexpectanAcademicExperience Millennialsexpectinstructorstouse Technology MillennialsusealotofTechnology MillennialswanttobuildRelationships Therearemoreofthemthanthereareof ussowehadbettermigratetowardtheir planet atleastalittle 47. WhatWeKnowForSure Tools bothhightechandlowtech are availabletoinstructorstohelpuscreate Visuallearning Collaborativelearning 24/7accesstolearning Student/Student,Student/Instructor, Student/Contentinteraction