Title
Are you digital native or a digital immigrant and how does this impact your teaching?
Topic
Technology and Teaching, Innovative Teaching Strategies
Session Abstract
Prioritizing the use of effective teaching strategies in the collegiate classroom has been an emphasis for several decades. What has changed is the learning paradigm of the millennial generation. This generation offers unique strengths and challenges as we strive to enhance our teaching effectiveness in an effort to move toward student-centered learning. Having a comprehensive understanding of the millennial generation and their characteristics, priorities, and goals will encourage educators to focus energies in the most appropriate areas that will produce high levels of motivation and achievement.
Using the research of Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) work on effective teaching, the seven principles for good practice will be reviewed with an emphasis on our new generation of learners, the millennials. This seminar seeks to promote an understanding of our students and a renewed commitment to create and implement engaging lessons that will enrich our students’ knowledge and foster their dedication to their future profession.
Chickering, A. W., & Gamson, Z.F. (1987). “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” AAHE Bulletin, 39, (7), 3-7.
Keywords
Teaching strategies, millennial generation, effective teaching practices, motivation
Location
DiGiorgio Campus Center 114
Start Date
24-3-2017 2:15 PM
Are you digital native or a digital immigrant and how does this impact your teaching?
DiGiorgio Campus Center 114
Prioritizing the use of effective teaching strategies in the collegiate classroom has been an emphasis for several decades. What has changed is the learning paradigm of the millennial generation. This generation offers unique strengths and challenges as we strive to enhance our teaching effectiveness in an effort to move toward student-centered learning. Having a comprehensive understanding of the millennial generation and their characteristics, priorities, and goals will encourage educators to focus energies in the most appropriate areas that will produce high levels of motivation and achievement.
Using the research of Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) work on effective teaching, the seven principles for good practice will be reviewed with an emphasis on our new generation of learners, the millennials. This seminar seeks to promote an understanding of our students and a renewed commitment to create and implement engaging lessons that will enrich our students’ knowledge and foster their dedication to their future profession.
Chickering, A. W., & Gamson, Z.F. (1987). “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” AAHE Bulletin, 39, (7), 3-7.
