Teaching Techniques for Millennials Handout

Teaching Techniques for Young Adults: Implications from Millennials Research Research Major Points of this Presentation • • •

What is a millennial? – sifting through the hype: definitions, characteristics, cautions. How do they compare? – What does A say a!out current youth "s millennials# Teaching Techniques from Millennial Research – $iscuss and share strategies%ideas that may &or' – for millennials, youth, and%or anyone &ith these learning preferences.

Millennials – Who are they? • •

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Age Range:  ( – )* yrs + orn !et&een -/)+)00) -/)+)00) 1sources "ary2 Many names: 3eneration Y, 3eneration 4e5t, $igital 4ati"es, Media 6earners, .4et generation, We! ).0 3eneration, 4eo+Millennials Diverse: on a"erage, 7*8 4on+&hite 1"s 9/8 3en, )*8 oomer, oomer, )08 )08 ;ilent 3en2 ust another tool? o lifestyle? multi and multiple media+!ased interaction int eraction &ith 'no&ledge? adapta!le Social & Team oriented – We! ).0 – colla!orati"e creation of 'no&ledge, li"e pu!lically o online, staying net&or'ed is 'ey – myspace%face!oo'%t&itter%te5ting%!l myspace%face!oo'%t&itter%te5ting%!logging ogging o money,, !ig ideas? unrealistic u nrealistic  m!itious !ut "nrealistic + focused on notoriety, money e5pectations of &or'place and real+&or'B opportunities, goal+focused #lo!ally$ Socially$ Socially$ %nvironmentally conscious – em!race%accept di"ersity of all sorts, o acti"ists – &ant to ma'e a difference, more politically in"ol"ed than 3en o  ctionoriented – Cocus on ne& e5periences, trying things out, rather than Dthin'ing a!outB or reflecti"e acti"ities, "irtual &orld accepta!le su!stitute for real+&orldB acti"ities, highly mo!ile, TE is !oring.B

CAU!"#: #ot all yo$th%yo$ng a&$lts &emonstrate millennial characteristics' •

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!n&ivi&$ality: All generational research is e5pressed in generaliFations. "ery person is an indi"idual and has indi"idual characteristics that may or may not align &ith their generation.B e careful of la!elsG (ias: 3enerational research is strongly !iased to&ards &ell+educated, middle and upper class populations. Youth%young Youth%young adult literacy learners 1and ;H62 are poorly represented. Rate of Change: What is true today, may not !e so tomorro&. A recent trend tre nd sho&s that DMillennial characteristics can !e demonstrated !y students of any age, particularly those of D3eneration . These characteristics may !etter reflect a mindset – rather t han a specific generation. ;tay informed.

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Age Range:  -( – )7 J7-8 of A A ser"ed 07+0* 1millennials are mo"ing mo"ing into the )* – 77 range2 oomer, @78 @78 ;ilent 3en2 07+0* 4R; Rpt to =ongress Diverse: ((8 4on+&hite 1"s @/8 3en, @78 oomer, Large: -%9 of population ser"ed in A– and gro&ing 1despite declining drop+out rates2 )o$th in A* Characteristics: 'amily (ssues) a!use, teen parents, lac' of family support for education, poor parental o super"ision%e5amples

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Role play 1 live or online o Role Klaying 3ames and acti"ities (written for presenters, but good overview) http:%%&&&.!usiness!alls.com%roleplayinggames.htm A iography ;tudy: enerational Learning , 6R4 oo's 5cerpt at http:%%honolulu.ha&aii.edu%intranet%committees%Cac$e"=om%guide!'%teachtip%3enY.htm 

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$ede, =hris 1)00*2 .lanning for *eomillennial Learning +tyles. http:%%&&&.gse.har"ard.edu%dedech%$ede4eoMillennial.pdf  e'iele', ;usan and ro&n, rett 1)00*2 Te Transition to 0dultood 2aracteristics of Young 0dults in  0merica A Oids =ount%KR%=hild Trends Report http:%%&&&.pr!.org%pdf0*%TransitionToAdulthood.pdf  6ynch, Art 1)002 4eady or *ot 0dult 3ducation and !illennial Generation ttp//opensaloncom/blog/alync/5667/68/59/ready:or:not:adult:education:and:millennial:genera tion H!linger and H!linger 1)00*2 ;s it 0ge or ;T irst steps toward understanding te *et Generation http:%%&&&.educause.edu%educatingthenetgen Krens'y, Marc 1)00-2 "igital *atives "igital immigrants .art ;; "o Tey 4eally Tin< "ifferently=  http:%%&&&.marcprens'y.com%&riting%Krens'y8)0+8)0$igital8)04ati"es,8)0$igital8)0Immigrants8)0+8)0Kart).pdf 

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;ale and ;ims 1)00/2 #nline Learning "esign "oes generational poverty influence te young adult learner=  http:%%&&&.ascilite.org.au%conferences%mel!ourne0/%procs%sale.pdf  ;tearley, ;ean 1)00/2 >at Generational "iversity !eans to e%Learning , Aetna. 13ood o"er"ie& of generations, and interesting research findings on media learning preferences.2 http:%%iil0/.&i'ispaces.com%file%"ie&%WhatX3enerationalX$i"ersityXMeansXtoXe+6earning.ppt Wi'i!oo's 1)002 >eb 56 Learning +tyles ttp//enwi