Gen Y: The changing face of adult education

Gen Y: The changing face of the adult learner Anne Bartlett-Bragg (BabyBoomer ) Z Net X Y C Baby Boomer

Add up your points to figure out what generation you’re really a part of:
Do you have your own web page? (1 point)
Have you made a web page for someone else? (2 points)
Do you IM your friends? (1 point)
Do you text your friends? (2 points)
Do you watch videos on YouTube? (1 point)
Do you remix video files from the Internet? (2 points)
Have you paid for and downloaded music from the Internet? (1 point)
Do you know where to download free (illegal) music from the Internet? (2 points)
Which generation are you??

Do you blog for professional reasons? (1 point)
Do you blog as a way to keep an online diary? (2 points)
Have you visited MySpace at least five times? (1 point)
Do you communicate with friends on Facebook? (2 points)
Do you use email to communicate with your parents? (1 point)
Did you text to communicate with your parents? (2 points)
Do you take photos with your phone? (1 point)
Do you share your photos from your phone with your friends? (2 points)
Which generation are you?? Add up your points to figure out what generation you’re really a part of:

0 - 1 point: Baby Boomer 2 - 6 points: Generation Jones 6 -12 points: Generation X 12 or over: Generation Y Which generation are you?? From Penelope Trunk, Brazen Careerist, June 2007

Gen Y: who are they?

Baby Boomers: 1940s - 1960 / 1964
(The Jones/ Shadow Boomers): 1954 - 1964
Gen X: 1965 - 1980 / 1982
Gen Y: 1982 - 2000
Net Gen: 1994 - 2000
Gen Z: 2001 - ?
Gen Y: who are they?

Gen-eralisations… Oblinger & Oblinger, 2005 Anything slow Negativity Red tape Hype Laziness Turning 50 Dislikes: Public activism Latest technology Parents Freedom Multi-tasking Work-life balance Responsibility Work ethics Can-do attitude Likes: Hopeful Determined Independent Skeptical Optimistic Workaholic Attributes: Gen Y Gen X Baby Boomers

Gen Y: How do they behave? Digitally fluent Communicate with anyone, anywhere, anytime Work hard but guard personal time High self-esteem Success oriented Want immediate results Like mentoring Hate criticism Like collaboration Technology is a means to an end

Gen Y: How do they learn? In groups Require structure & guidelines - not ambiguity Short attention spans Crave interactivity Success oriented Want immediate results Connected Need feedback Collaboration IM Visual Experiential Social Pragmatic

What are the implications for education? Content Learning Spaces Technology Issues

Content Interactive Experiential Group Work Visual cues Immediate feedback Structure Co- producers

Pragmatic Relevance Clear objectives Short tasks + feedback Structure vs Ambiguity Parameters Procedures Priorities

Learning Spaces

Social spaces Prolific Communicators Think Inclusiveness Learning Spaces

What about the technology…? Technology enables me to do things
Technology:
Is NOT their focus
needs to be interactive
LMS are NOT interactive
IM
sms
simultaneous conversations
social software
social networking
I crave interactivity Just im me Me? sms is best More than 80% of students relate the benefits of technology to convenience. Oblinger & Oblinger, 2005

What about the issues…?
Digital Literacy:
critical evaluation
surface understanding of technology
Immediacy:
more emphasis on speed than accuracy
development of learning over time
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A final word from the students themselves…

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Gen Y: The changing face of adult education

by Anne Bartlett-Bragg on Nov 17, 2007

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