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| Millennial
Learning: April
16-17, 2009
Sharmila Pixy Ferris (Ph.D. Penn State, 1995) is Professor in the department of Communication department at William Paterson University of New Jersey, where she also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. Her research brings an interdisciplinary focus to computer-mediated communication, in which she has published in a variety of print and electronic journals including Qualitative Research Reports, The New Jersey Journal of Communication, The Electronic Journal of Communication, Interpersonal Computing and Technology, and The Journal of Electronic Publishing among others. She has also published books in the areas of virtual teams and virtual learning [Virtual and Collaborative Teams: Theories, Process and Practice (2004, The Idea Group) and Teaching and Learning with Virtual and Collaborative Teams (2006, The Idea Group)] as well as in faculty development, Beyond Survival in the Academy (2003, Hampton Press). You can contact her at FerrisS@wpunj.edu, or visit her Web page. Teaching and Learning with Millennials In the 21st century, educational institutions are forced to deal with a new population of learners with unique characteristics. As colleges and universities become populated by Millennials, responding to the learning needs of this generation of learners becomes progressively more important. An initial reaction may be to feel daunted by the challenge of evolving pedagogy to meet the needs of Net-savvy students, but educators are assisted by the fact that this generation is very education oriented. These students learn in a different way than their predecessors did, but they want to learn. This interactive presentation will discuss Millennials’ learning styles and consider how we, as educators, can work with Millennials’ unique characteristics to make teaching and learning more effective. |
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