Are you prepared for Millennials and beyond

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Are you prepared forMillennials and beyond.?a
perspective from higher educationJanet Staker
Woerner Associate ProfessorHerzing
University
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Conversation
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Context
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Learning Organization
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And one other factor.
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Pew Institute
Generation Name Birth Years In 2010 of total adult population of internet-using population
Millennial Born 1977-1992 Ages 18-33 30 35
Gen X Born 1965-1976 34-45 19 21
Younger Boomers Born 1955-1964 Ages 46-55 20 20
Older Boomers Born 1946-1954 Ages 56-64 14 13
Silent Generation Born 1937-1945 Ages 65-73 7 5
G.I. Generation Born 1936, Age 74 9 3
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Millennials- Fast Facts

• Diverse
• Achievement orientated
• Conventional
• Not afraid of failure
• Virtual
• Sense of Social Responsibility
• Impatient
• Active/hands-on learners/multi taskers
• Challenge authority
• Spending power exceeds 200 billion
• Independent
• Strong views
• Programmed and team oriented.
• Stressed. Compared with five years ago, 81 of
  college mental health service directors reported
  an increase in students with serious
  psychological problems. .
• Howe and Strauss- Generational Learning Styles
  Julie Coates 2007

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Reality in Education today

• On average across Organization for Economic
  Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries,
  the proportion of people with at least an upper
  secondary education has risen from 45 to 81.
• OECD (2011), Education at Glance 2011
  OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing.
• http//dx.doi.org/10.1787/eag-2011-en
• 92 of ages use online video students expect
  to be entertained
• Education is one of the strongest predictors of
  having more close social ties. Those with a
  4-year university degree average 12 more close
  ties than those with only a high school diploma
  Pew Institute
• HERI (Higher Education Research Institute) 2007
  data show
• ? The top 5 life goals for college-bound students
  have
• not changed much over the year

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So
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Generation Z
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Generation Z
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The Challenge

• Experiential learning opportunities
• Learning communities informal learning
• Expectations shared up-front
• Feedback
• Utilization of their talents.
• Systems approach to problems.
• Flexibility for creativity
• Multiple options for performance
• Plan focus time in short segments
• Technology open classroom
• Generational Learning Julie Coates 2007

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New Ways to Learn
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Needed Skills for today and the future

• Education
• Social Networking
• Literacy on a Holistic Scale
• Foresight and Insight
• Innovation
• Leadership
• Life Long Learning Florida, R. Rise of
  Creative Class
• http//www.21stcenturyskills.org/

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Peter Drucker

• We must now accept the fact that learning is a
  lifelong process of keeping abreast of change.
  And the most pressing task is to teach people how
  to learn.
• American management guru ( 1909 - 2005)

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Thank you

• Questions
• Contact me at
• Janet Staker Woerner
• jstakerwoerner_at_msn.herzing.edu
• http//www.linkedin.com/in/janetstakerwoerner