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Learning Studios: Engaging Millennial Learning Studios: Engaging Millennial Students in a New Classroom Students in a New Classroom

EnvironmentEnvironment

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual MeetingEDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting

January 2008 January 2008

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PresentersPresenters

Homero Lopez, Ph.D.Homero Lopez, Ph.D.Retired President, Estrella Mountain Community College Retired President, Estrella Mountain Community College

(AZ)(AZ)homerolopez04@yahoo.comhomerolopez04@yahoo.com

Linda L. GarcLinda L. García, Ph.D.ía, Ph.D.Higher Education ConsultantHigher Education Consultantllgarcia3@hotmail.comllgarcia3@hotmail.com

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A Vision of Today’s Students

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The Millennial Generation

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Characteristics of the Millennial Generation

Gadget Fanatics Social Networkers Internet Enthusiasts Optimists Multitaskers Inductive Learners Team Oriented Visual Learners

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66Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle, 2007-8 AlmanacSource: The Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle, 2007-8 Almanac

So What?So What?

1.0%

21.3%22.6%

18.1%

13.1%

7.5%

5.4%4.1%

2.9%2.1% 1.8%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

15 - 17 18 - 19 20 - 21 22 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 &older

Age

College Enrollment by Age of Students, Fall 2005

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The Collision: Millennials vs. Traditional Learning

Environments

Educational Delivery Challenges

Faculty and Student Challenges

Technology Infrastructure Challenges

College Institutional Mindset on Facilities

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Disengaging Students Through Space

Source: Brown (2005)

Memorization

Recall

One size fits all

Repetition

Acquisition of facts

Transmission of knowledge

Teacher = authoritative figure

Fixed roles

Fixed classrooms

Single location

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National Systems To Measure Student Engagement

Benchmarks: Indicators of Effective Educational Practice

• Active and Collaborative Learning• Student-Faculty Interaction• Support for Learners• Academic Challenge• Student Effort

• Active and Collaborative Learning• Student-Faculty Interaction• Supportive Environment• Level of Academic Challenge• Enriching Educational Experiences

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You can ignore this breaking Millennial wave, by treating today’s collegians as you did the last generation. You can resist it, by pursuing decades-old agendas. You can ride it, by adapting as fast as you can to new needs as they arise. Or you can lead this new youth wave, by preparing for Millennials before they arrive in full force.

- Howe and Strauss, 2003, p. 5- Howe and Strauss, 2003, p. 5

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Using Space as a Tool

Three Principles in Three Principles in Developing Campus Developing Campus

SpacesSpaces

1.1. Leverage physical spaceLeverage physical space

2.2. Engagement of Engagement of stakeholdersstakeholders

3.3. “ “Radical flexibility”Radical flexibility”

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Learning Studios

Source: Brown (2005)

Understanding

Discovery

Tailored

Construction

Teacher = mentor

Mobile roles

Mobile, convertible, flexible classrooms

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What Did Engagement Mean What Did Engagement Mean In The Learning Studio In The Learning Studio

For Millennial Students and For Millennial Students and Faculty?Faculty?

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What Did They Talk About?What Did They Talk About?

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Millennial Students vs. Faculty

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Active and Active and Collaborative LearningCollaborative Learning

A classroom with a purpose

Team workTeam work

Ample amount of Ample amount of writing spaceswriting spaces

Conduct online research

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Student-Faculty Student-Faculty InteractionInteraction

Nontraditional Nontraditional rolesroles

Teaching style Teaching style modifiedmodified

An increase An increase access to access to studentsstudents

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Supportive EnvironmentSupportive Environment

Technology is a must

Color creates positive atmosphere

Physical comfort

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Concerns Constant lecture not

favored

Instructors not proficient with technology

Technology safety

Technology interruptions

Social distractions

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Moving From Disengagement Moving From Disengagement To Engagement Through SpaceTo Engagement Through Space

Disengagement

Instructor is dispenser of knowledge Student is recipient of knowledge Constant lecture Technology not utilized A less social environment Fixed furniture

Instructor is a mentor Increased student involvement Technology inundated Instructors technology proficient An increased social environment Flexible furniture

Engagement

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Creating Learning StudiosCreating Learning Studios Experimentation Seek Partnerships Create Prototypes Gather Research Develop Best

Practices Replicate Student Engagement Student Success

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