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Understanding 21st Century Learners: Characteristics, Skills, and Education Trends

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This module explores the distinct characteristics of 21st century learners and compares them to previous generations such as Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers. It addresses critical questions about learning skills, the role of technology in education, and how generational differences influence attitudes and behaviors in learning. The module emphasizes the importance of personalizing education to meet the diverse needs of students while preparing them for success in a fast-paced, technology-driven world.

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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