The Chronicle of Higher Education >> The Net Generation Goes to College
Tech-savvy
'Millennials' have lots of gadgets, like to multitask, and expect to
control what, when, and how they learn. Should colleges cater to them?
By SCOTT CARLSON
Change your teaching style. Make blogs, iPods, and video games part of your pedagogy. And learn to accept divided attention spans. A new generation of students has arrived -- and sorry, but they might not want to hear you lecture for an hour.
That is the message of Richard T. Sweeney, university librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, who has been hitting the lecture circuit lately with his vision of how today's college students, sometimes called the "Net Generation" or "the Millennials," will soon alter the way professors teach, the way classrooms are constructed, and the way colleges deliver degrees.
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