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2006 Spring : Student Culture and Instructional Contexts |
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Student Culture and Instructional Contexts |
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| You've undoubtedly seen them walking across campus, stepping lively to the beat of their iPods; sitting beneath a tree or on a bench, fingers flying across their laptops; excusing themselves from your classroom, dialing their cell phones on the way out. They're wireless and connected, always engaged and entertained; they're our students, the Millennials. This workshop considers our undergraduate student culture – their attitudes toward learning, technology, social networking, and the future – and the challenges of meeting our curricular standards in light of this student culture. This discussion-rich session will enable us to share our experiences with and explore the implications of teaching the technologically savvy students of the 21st century. Workshop Assumptions: 1.) Participants have created and implemented instructional activities in the past. 2.) Participants have an interest in exploring and discussing ways in which technology impacts student culture and instructional expectations. 3.) Participants wish to examine ways in which technology shapes student perceptions self, community, and knowledge. 4.) Participants are willing to reflect upon and share their own instructional and learning experiences. Workshop Objectives: 1.) Define the term "Millennial," discuss generational characteristics of students past and present, and explore the significance of these characteristics in relation to instructional approaches. 2.) Offer strategies for developing learning activities that consider the nature of the "Millennial" as a learner in our classrooms. 3.) Examine issues of diversity, equity, and intellectual property in electronic communities and how these issues "translate" in face-to-face interactions. 4.) Discuss traditional relationships of power and authority and the ways in which these relationships are supported and/or subverted by technology. Instructional Outcomes: 1.) Participants will recognize the pedagogical implications of teaching in a technological age. 2.) Participants will reflect upon their own classroom practices and experiences to determine successful approaches to learning and instructing with technology. 3.) Participants will actively consider the ways in which technology is manifest in the lives of our students. 4.) Participants will be aware of resources on campus that provide instructional and technological support. |
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• "If Higher Education Listened to Me" (Aviles, et al., 2005) • "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" (Prensky, 2001) • "Technical Difficulties…" (Lord, 2004) • "Instant Messaging: IM Online! RU?" (Farmer, 2005) • "Teaching as Coaching: Helping Students Learn in a Technological World" (Smith, 2002) |
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