Understanding Today's Students

UWSP Facts
http://www.uwsp.edu/instres/home.htm

The Millennial Generation
According to Neil Howe and William Strauss' Millennials Rising, the next great generation of students consists of those born after 1980 and graduating high school following the year 2000. Follow this link for information about this generation of students.

Beloit College's Class of 2009
According to Nief, "This [ Beloit's Class of 2009 ] is not serious in-depth research. It is meant to be thought provoking and fun, yet accurate. It is as relevant as possible, given the broad social and geographic diversity of our students, who are drawn from every state and 50 countries. It is always open to challenge, which has an additional benefit in that it reminds us of students’ varied backgrounds. It is still a good reflection of the attitudes and experiences of the young people that we must be aware of from the first day of their college experience." Click here to read more.

Podcast - Who is the millennial student and what can faculty members do to improve learning?
Featuring: Dr. Diana Oblinger, Vice President of Educause
Interviewer: Maureen Wideman, Innovation Centre, UOIT
Play it / hear it - MP3 file - 1 MB OR
Play it / hear it - WAV file - 4

An essential component of facilitating learning is understanding learners ……
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0342.pdf

The Net Generation Goes to College
Tech-savvy 'Millennials' have lots of gadgets, like to multitask, and expect to control what, when, and how they learn. Should colleges cater to them?
Change your teaching style. Make blogs, iPods, and video games part of your pedagogy. And learn to accept divided attention spans. A new generation of students has arrived -- and sorry, but they might not want to hear you lecture for an hour. Read more…
http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i07/07a03401.htm

NEXT Generation: Educational Technology vs. The Lecture
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0340.pdf