{"id":46687,"date":"2014-06-29T14:55:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T18:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=46687"},"modified":"2014-06-29T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T18:59:59","slug":"here-comes-generation-z-bershidsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/06\/29\/here-comes-generation-z-bershidsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Comes Generation Z [Bershidsky] <-- What are the ramifications on pedagogy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here Comes Generation Z<\/strong> <\/a>— from bloombergview.com by Leonid Bershidsky<\/p>\n

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If Y-ers were the perfectly connected generation, Z-ers are overconnected. They multi-task across five screens: TV, phone, laptop, desktop and either a tablet or some handheld gaming device, spending 41 percent of their time outside of school with computers of some kind or another, compared to 22 percent 10 years ago. Because of that they “lack situational awareness, are oblivious to their surroundings and unable to give directions.”<\/p>\n

Members of this new generation also have an 8-second attention span, down from 12 seconds in 2000, and 11 percent of them are diagnosed with attention deficiency syndrome, compared to 7.8 percent in 2003.<\/p>\n

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Also see Sparks & Honey’s presentation:<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"MeetGenerationZ-SparksHoney-June2014\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\n I have been wondering about the possibility that gaining students’ attention is becoming harder and harder to do.\u00a0 The above items seem to confirm that attentions are, in deed, shrinking.\u00a0 We must get through “the gate” (i.e., getting someone’s attention)\u00a0 if we want to have a chance of getting something into someone’s long term memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"GottaMakeItThoughTheGate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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So what should professors, teachers, and trainers do?\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, this is where things like active learning, project-based learning, and real-world learning come in.\u00a0 Highly relevant, hands-on learning where we turn over more control to the student, helping them own their own learning.\u00a0 We need to provide more choices as to how students can meet the learning objectives.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

More choice. More control. Tap into their passions and internal motivations, introduce more play and more opportunities for students to display and cultivate their creativity.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The following article also has some solid thoughts\/ideas that seem very relevant for this topic:<\/span><\/p>\n