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

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

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

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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

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Gen Y: who are they?

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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Learning Spaces

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Social spaces Prolific Communicators Think Inclusiveness Learning Spaces

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What about the technology…? Technology enables me to do things <ul><li>Technology: </li></ul><ul><li>Is NOT their focus </li></ul><ul><li>needs to be interactive </li></ul><ul><li>LMS are NOT interactive </li></ul><ul><li>IM </li></ul><ul><li>sms </li></ul><ul><li>simultaneous conversations </li></ul><ul><li>social software </li></ul><ul><li>social networking </li></ul>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

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What about the issues…? <ul><li>Digital Literacy: </li></ul><ul><li>critical evaluation </li></ul><ul><li>surface understanding of technology </li></ul><ul><li>Immediacy: </li></ul><ul><li>more emphasis on speed than accuracy </li></ul><ul><li>development of learning over time </li></ul><ul><li>Copy & Paste </li></ul>

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A final word from the students themselves…