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College of Education. EDUC 2101 Investigating Critical and Contemporary Issues in Education Module 3: 21 st Century Learners & Learning. Essential Questions. What are the characteristics of 21 st century learners? How are they similar to or different from other generations?

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  1. College of Education EDUC 2101 Investigating Critical and Contemporary Issues in Education Module 3: 21st Century Learners & Learning

  2. Essential Questions • What are the characteristics of 21st century learners? How are they similar to or different from other generations? • How do 21st Century Learning Skills relate to content standards defined by the states? • What is the role of technology?

  3. Generations in America Millennial, Generation X, Baby Boomers… • Life Cycle Effect • Changes in attitudes & social behavior associated with aging • Cohort Effect • Historical circumstances shared during adolescence and young adulthood • Period Effect

  4. 21st Century Learners • Millennial…. Gen Y? • Confident, Connected, Open to Change… • 1981 + • Ethnically and Racially Diverse

  5. Generational Differeneces • Generation X • Born 1965-197651 million • Accept diversityPragmatic/practicalSelf-reliant/individualisticReject rulesMistrust institutionsPCUse technologyMultitaskLatch-key kidsFriend-not family • Millennials • Born 1977 – 199875 million • Celebrate diversityOptimistic/realisticSelf-inventive/individualisticRewrite the rulesIrrelevance of institutionsInternetAssume technologyMultitask fastNurturedFriends = family

  6. Millennial Behaviors • Value choices • Experiential and exploratory learners • Expect personalization and customization • Impatience • Value relationships

  7. Millennial Behaviors • Expect flexibility, and convenience • Practical • Results-oriented • Multi-taskers • Digital Natives; Gamers • Nomadic communicators

  8. Who is Gen Y? • Born between 1978 and 2000 • 76 million strong • Also known as… • the Net Generation • Echo Boomers • Millennials • Boomerangs

  9. Why Do They Matter? • You must educate them. • Will soon replace baby boomers as largest segment of workforce. • Drive social networking, the new way of communicating, valuing, trusting, and transacting.

  10. Vision for Public Education in Georgia

  11. Vision Goals… • Promote 21st Century skills • Ensure students competitive in global economy. • Make learning more rigorous and relevant. • Make learning responsive to students’ individual needs.

  12. 21st Century Skills

  13. Data Overload: Saturation Defined • Over the past 30 years, our daily data consumption has increased 350%!!! • The average American consumes 34 gigabytes and 100,000 words over the course of each 12-hour day. Study: "How Much Information?" by University of California, San Diego “Data Overload: Americans in the Digital Age”by Bill Morris; www.sphere.com; 12/16/2009

  14. Our 100,000 Words a Day… “Data Overload: Americans in the Digital Age”by Bill Morris; www.sphere.com; 12/16/2009

  15. Making Sense of Omniscience

  16. Looking Ahead • Consume • Investigate resources on the web related to 21st Century Learners and Learning • Create • Follow the directions on the Course Wiki to create your Wiki Resource Page • Connect • Review your team members’ Wiki pages • Contribute • Provide and discuss feedback • Include BOTH warm and cool feedback

  17. !!! Appointments !!! Wimba Pronto or Coliseum 2042

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