Teaching for the Future

Good teaching practices are good teaching practices regardless of the age group they are aimed at. There are some techniques that work better for learners of some age based on some fundamental generational differences beyond the learners control . Each generation has distinct attitudes, behaviors, expectations, habits and motivational buttons.

Generations overview Generation Birth year Silent Generation age in 2010 Silent Generation 1925 -1942 68 - 85 Baby Boomers 1943-1960 50 - 67 Generation X 1961-1981 29 - 49 Millennial (Net Generation) 1981 - 2002 8 - 28

The fastest growing group of Internet users are:

According to a new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a research organization in Washington, the ranks of Americans over 65 who use the Internet have jumped by 47 percent since 2000, making them the fastest-growing group to embrace the online world.

Silent generation learning This group is willing to learn new technology. Prefer the ideas of the others to their own They look to others for ideas on how to behave and what to think.

Boomers learning Enthusiastic learners Internally focused Need to be reassured if they are going in the right direction.

Generation X learning Accept diversity Reject rules Eager to learn new skills Good with technology PC Multitasking Active and visual learners Adapt to formal and informal learning

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game When did you first: Read your first book? Use a computer? Send an E-mail? Browse an Internet? Enter a chat room? Send a text message? Participate in a computer meeting? Create a Face book account? Use MMORPG Twitter, podcast? Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Twenty years ago the first wave of millennial began to enter college Twenty years ago the first wave of millennial began to enter college. This Net savvy generation learns different than their predecessors!

By the time the millennial has reached 21 years of age he or she will have spent: 10,000 hours playing videos 20,000 hours watching video 10,000 hours on a cell phone Under 5,000 hours reading (Bonamici 2005) NET gens are raised in an age of media saturation and extremely easy access to various technologies.

The Netgeners have a very unique ways of thinking, communicating and learning.

Netgeners learning: Great with technology Use extreme multitasking Assertive information seekers Make conscious decision about what learning techniques work for them Have high expectation from an instructor Have a desire for active and engaged learning experience Have short attention span Need for immediacy

Technology, Technology, Technology! Internet growth 186,727,854 – The number of websites on the Internet in December 2008 Facebook reached 250 million users and is growing There are 37.1 billion searches on Google every month today 210 billion – The number of emails sent per day in 2008

Students expect: Varied form of communication Interactive environment Different forms of feedback Choices of assignments that require pulling different resources Hands-on and inquiry based learning experience Learning = fun Collaboration in the assignments

We must be ready to help them learn – we must address their needs?

Teaching Net Generation Strategies: Social orientation Independent and autonomic learning Use of media technology

Independent and autonomic learning Experential learning – demonstration, role playing Interactive learning – shorter lecture time, more discussion

Social orientation Facebook or Twitter Wikis Texting

What is a wiki? A wiki is a webpage or collection of webpages that can be edited collaboratively by anyone with access. Wikis are used by groups to quickly edit shared text, including links, images and other data. The most famous wiki is the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Online learning or Web -enhanced learning: has evolved from a thing-of-the-future to a practical approach to education. There was a time when people would doubt the effectiveness of learning via the World Wide Web. 

Today, there are advanced tools that can make web-based education interactive, convenient and productive

online learning is much more conducive to the expansion of learning time than is face-to-face instruction.

Expository online learning Synchronous : Live, one way webcast of an online lecture. Limited learner control. Webcast can also be used a supplement to a face to face lecture. Set sequence. Asynchronous: Course taught through video lectures that students can access on their own time.

Webcast

Video lecture

Until recently, online learning has mainly been of the expository sort, essentially a traditional lecture format adapted for the web. But newer, social and multimedia technologies are allowing online tools to evolve to offer more active and interactive lessons. No longer is online learning just reading a module and answering questions.

Active online learning Synchronous : learning by consulting experts via live chat. Face to Face type course can also culminate in the live chat with experts Asynchronous: Entire course taught through webcast. Virtual lab

Live chat

Webinar- meeting online/web conferencing

Web conferencing is a form of real-time communications in which multiple computer users, all connected to the Internet, see the same screen at all times in their Web browsers. Some Web conferencing systems include features such as texting, VoIP (voice over IP) and full-motion video.

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Meeting can be attended on the iPad or any computer

Site Pal – artificial intelligence SitePal Artificial Intelligence Management Center (AIMC) is a powerful tool that allows you to "teach" your character to respond to user questions with context-sensitive, spoken answers. The AI enabled character can be used for 24/7 online training, tutoring, and many other purposes

Virtual lab

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Virtual anatomy lab