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Technology, the Millenials, and Learning - Looking Beyond 2010
Lesley BlickerDirector of IMS Learning and Next Generation TechnologyMinnesota State Colleges and [email protected] 651-201-1413
A Profile of Today’s Learners
- the Millenials
1. The generation born between 1982 and 2000
2. Also known as “Echo boomers,” the Net Generation, Digital Natives
3. Very comfortable with technological learning tools including online learning and courseware, presentation software, Web page design, spreadsheet software
4. Are education-oriented
Source: “Identifying the Generation Gap in Higher Education: Where do Differences Really Lie?” Paula Garcia and Jingjing Qin. Innovate Journal of Online Education, April/May 2007. http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=379
A Profile of the Millenials – cont’d
5. Are more assertive information seekers
6. Have no tolerance for delays
7. The Internet is better than TV
8. Doing is more important than knowing
9. Multi-tasking is a way of life
10. Typing is preferred to handwriting
11. Staying connected is essential
Source: “Teaching and Learning with the Net Generation,” Barnes, Marateo, and Ferris. Innovate Journal of Online Education, April/May 2007. Also “Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millenials: Understanding the New Students,” D. Oblinger, Educause July/August 2003.
Generational Views
TV Generation
PC Generation
Net Generation
Web What is it? It’s a tool It’s oxygen
Community Personal Extended personal
Virtual
Perspective Local Multi-national Global
Loyalty Corporation Self Soul
Authority Hierarchy Unimpressed Self as expert
Source: Savage, T. (2003) from Oblinger 2004. http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/2004/8/oblinger-2004-8-disc-paper.html
Are Their Attention Spans Really Short?
• Yes…for the old ways of learning
• But NOT for games or for anything else that interests them
• They crave interactivity—an immediate response to their each and every action
• Traditional education provides very little of this compared to the rest of their world
Adapted from Marc Prensky, 2001.
Forest Park High School Digital Video Media Segment – The
Millenials at School
Digital Natives
Source: Marc Prensky, 2001.
“Every time I go to school I have to power down,” complains a high-school student.
Media Exposure
• Spent 10,000 hours on video games
• Read 200,000 emails• Watched 20,000 hours
TV• Spent 10,000 hours
on the cell phone• Spent under 5,000
hours reading
By age 21, the average person will have:
– Marc Prensky, 2003
00
50005000
1000010000
1500015000
2000020000
2500025000
E-mailsE-mails
Video Video
GamesGames
ReadingReading
TelevisionTelevision
Cell Cell PhonePhone
What Technologies are The Millenials Using
In 2007?
Portable Devices, IMs, and Game Controllers
Learning Technologies:Course Management Systems
Add-On Learning Tools
Add-On Learning Tools - cont’d
Digital connectedness is prized above all else
Social Technologies
Immersive Learning Environments (ILEs):3D Virtual Worlds (Games/Sims)
Why ILEs? Why Simulations?
MNSCU SECOND LIFE VIDEO (YOUTUBE) -http://youtube.com/watch?v=PsFE7uzF-5w
Personal Learning Landscape
Source: “The Future CMS,” by Scott Leslie. Edutools, November, 2006. http://www.edtechpost.ca/gems/TheFutureCMS3.htm
1. Fusion of mobile, IM and Web
2. Maturation of Open Source options (e.g., Moodle, .Lrn,Sakai)
3. 3D engine product ubiquity (Second Life, Croquet, Active Worlds). Groundswell of ILEs and virtual campuses occurring
4. Digital textbooks (e-books)
5. Mashups
6. Continuation of social networks moving to the 3D virtual world
Future Learning Technology Trends
7. Open standards approach to tool interoperability and integration (future IMSs could have 100s of add-ons)
8. Content-sharing beyond the bounds of one organization
9. Cont’d blurring between content creator and consumer
10. Rapid expansion of Web 2.0 tools
11.Technologies allowing users to build, tinker, learn, and share
Future Learning Technology Trends
1. Integration of learning technologies into strategic plans and institutional priorities, similar to current integration of facility planning, admin processes, library and student services
2. Getting a handle on what to focus on
3. Investing in technologically competent faculty
4. Figuring out how/whether/when to support entrepreneurial efforts
Strategic Technological Challenges
For copies or more information on the Millenials and Next Generation Learning Technologies, please contact:
Lesley BlickerDirector of IMS Learning and Next Generation TechnologyMinnesota State Colleges and [email protected]: 651-201-1413Cell: 651-269-0107