Dr. Chrystal Denmark Porter is an Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Endicott College. The document discusses a study by Dr. Porter from 2007 that described the expectations millennial generation students had regarding their collegiate experiences, with a focus on student-faculty interaction and course learning. It also discusses how traditional teaching methods may not be the best for student learning and how modern higher education emphasizes student-centered and need-based learning over just information collection.

1. • Dr. Chrystal Denmark Porter
Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Endicott College

2. In the
beginning…
-Learned DOS
-Consumed—>Modified —>
-Produced

3. Collegiate!
Expectation
Chrystal Denmark Porter, Ph.D., Ed.S.
The purpose of the study was
to describe the expectations
that millennial generation
students had regarding their
collegiate experiences,
focusing on student
responses about studentfaculty interaction and course
learning (Porter, 2007).
-Continuation of research
about teaching excellence
within the discipline of Sport
Management

4. • Edutainment
•
Using traditional methods to design a course and deliver
course content through traditional formats may not, many
cases, be the best method instructors should use if they are
truly interested in the students learning process (Oblinger,
2003).
•
The modern system of higher education includes salient
features: an open and flexible system, direct and easy access
to every learner, a broad based and futuristic visionary stream
of learning, edutainment and infotainment and student-centered
learning, that is more emphasis on insight and knowledge than
mere information collection, new knowledge with a personal
touch and need and utility-oriented learning (Popli, 2005).

5. We published
a book!
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6. And another
one…
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8. “A true teacher will look you dead in the eye,
call you out of hiding and celebrate with you in
the joy of standing in your truth.”
–Iyanla Vanzant

10. • Finding the balance between want and
need!
–Students
–Faculty
–Institution (i.e. resources, mission)
–Outside factors (i.e. accreditation agencies)

11. “It’s amazing, yet we are not amazed.”
–Kevin Kelly

12. “We have to get better at believing in the
impossible.”
–Kevin Kelly

13. • References
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Oblinger, D. (2003, July/August). Boomers, genxers, & millennials: Understanding the new
students. Educause, 37-47.
•
Popli, S. (2005). Ensuring consumer delight: A
quality approach to excellence in management
education. Quality in Higher Education, 11(1),
17-24.
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Porter, C. D. (2007). Collegiate expectations.
Longview, Texas: College Strategies.