This is a well-written and balanced article which refers to several research studies and current books on this topic. The conclusion? There are signs that the current generation (born 1982-2002) […]
Jonah Lehrer’s blog on emerging cognitive research is just amazing. So much of this has to do with learning, our students, ourselves, and human behavior: http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/
OK, this is truly scary, from a study of 8-18 y.o.’s by the Kaiser Family Foundation: “A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly […]
The student body is 42% full-time and 58% part-time The student body is 40% male and 60% female – the highest percentage of male student enrollment in 10 years There […]
In this edition, Kay McClenney, head of CCSSE, talks about CC’s reliance on adjuncts, and also comments on the influx of younger home-schooled or gifted students. Answers About Community Colleges, […]
Just in case you have not seen this, Dr. Michael Wesch’s “A Vision of Students Today.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
Stephanie Vie is making a strong case for peeking over the wall between the LMS as acceptable tech medium for student learning, and social networking sites — deemed by many […]
Interesting… “For example, in focus groups, students consistently say that colleges should eliminate online orientation, which they criticize as “impersonal,” but they reliably applaud online tutoring. Why? It is difficult […]
The Educause ECAR 2009 Study of Undergraduate technology use, which includes 12 two-year colleges and 27 4-year colleges, found the following (unfortunately, the 2500 students’ data from the two-year colleges […]
This article by Alina Tugend of the New York Times was written for the workplace, but classroom application works as well: “Here’s an example of how the generations may butt […]
