The iPod Generation: Globalizing Science Courses in the Online Environment Presider: LeeAnne Edmonds Presenters: Nahel Awadallah Amy Noel Sampson Community.

The iPod Generation: Globalizing Science Coursesin the Online Environment

Presider: LeeAnne EdmondsPresenters: Nahel Awadallah

Amy Noel

Sampson Community College

Generational Differences Research & Literature

• Not Standardized• Variations & Differences• Names & Terminology• Span of Years• Generalized• Common Values, Behaviors, & History• Conflicting Opinions

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Stillman2002

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Matures1920 – 1946

Traditionalists1900 - 1945

Silent Generation1925 – 1942

Veterans1922 - 1943

Baby Boomers1947 - 1964

Baby Boomers1946 - 1964

Baby Boomers1946 - 1960

Baby Boomers1943 - 1960

Gen Xers1965 - 1980

Generation Xers1965 - 1980

Generation X1965 - 1977

Gen Xers1960 - 1980

•Gen Y•Net Gen•Millenials1981 - 1995

•Echo Boomer•Generation Y•Baby Busters•Generation Next•1981 - 1999

Millenials1978 - 2000

Nexters1980 - 1999

Post Millenials1995 - Present

The Lost Generation(1883–1900)

• Was named by Ernest Hemingway• Known as “World War I Generation”• Known as the “Generation of Fire”• A generation that was seeking stability• Adhere to specific value system and are

willing to enforce it

The Greatest Generation(1901–1924)

• Named by journalist Tom Brokaw• World war II Generation• Tom stated that “the soldiers fought not for

the fame and recognition, but because it was the right thing to do.”

• Those who stayed home and who returned from the war contributed significantly to industrialization.

The Silent Generation(1925–1942)

• Named after the cover story of Time dated Nov. 5th, 1951.

• It stated their characteristics as “grave and fatalistic, conventional, possessing confused morals, expecting disappointment but desiring faith, and for women, desiring both a career and a family.”

The Baby Boomers (1943–1960) • Describe individuals that were born post world war II

baby boom between 1946 and 1964.• Having fun by having many babies. • Substantial population growth.• Seventy-six million American children were born

between 1945 and 1964.• Known as the “sandwich generation” because they

have to take care of their children and elderly parents.• They are the first to have television. • Rock & roll generation. • Contributed to the expansion of individual freedoms.

Generation X (1961–1981) • Family values are changing. • Teen agers are sleeping together before marriage. • Did not have as many babies. • Not as religious.• Tolerate authority up to a certain extent.• More focused on money than anything. • More females in the work place.• Individualism becoming important. “what is in it for

me”.• Influenced by social changes and problems such as

high divorce rate, HIV and drugs.

Generation Y (1982–2001)

• Higher living costs• More ambitious• Brand conscious• Tend to move jobs more often than previous

generations.• High divorce rate• Working parents• Peer oriented• IPod generation

Generation Z (2001– present)

If you think we have problems now, wait for “Generation Z”

GODHELP US

For now lets worry about the iPOD generation

The iPod Generation1990 - 2000

Characteristics of the iPod Generation

• “Digital Natives” of the Technology Age• Process Information Rapidly• Learn Interactively• Share Knowledge Informally• Group Centric• Constant Connectivity• Require High Levels of Feedback• Value Education

Are They Really That Different?

• Use Increasingly Sophisticated Technology• Shorter Attention Spans• Quicker Reaction & Response• Read More Than Any Other Generation• Difficulty Reasoning & Reflecting• Still Undergoing Brain Development• Face More Challenges Than Ever Before

Is Our Educational SystemDesigned For Them?

• View Lectures as Boring & Uninteresting• Become Easily Disengaged• Used to Learning in a Highly Interactive Way• Need Instant Feedback & Evaluation• Want to Work Smarter Not Harder• Prefer to Seek Information at Their Own Pace• Information Technology Skills May Exceed

Those of Their Teachers

The Impact of Globalization

• Related to Economics & Business• Implications for Education, Health Care, &

Information Technology Sharing• The U.S. is no longer Predominant in terms of

Research, Science, & Technology• Next Generation Needs a Competitive Edge • Gen-Y is the First Generation in Decades that

may not Surpass Previous Ones

Benefits of e-Learning

• Greater Mobility & Convenience• Increases Course Availability• Lowers the Cost of Instruction & Tuition• No Time Constraints for Students/Faculty• Increases Opportunities for Collaboration• Increases Access to Wide Variety of Expertise• Allows Students to Work at Their Own Pace• Creates a Global Learning Community

Challenges of Online Courses

• Interactive Laboratory Exercises• Understanding Difficult Topics• Group Work and Interaction• Instructor/Student Communication• Class Integrity: Attendance and Exams• Retention Rate

Laboratory Ideas

• Campus/Hybrid – Face-to-Face or Online with Labs on Campus

• Simulations – Do not provide practical laboratory skills or measurement, instrumentation, and analysis.

• Commercial Lab Kits – LabPaqs dispel the myth of online lab science

• EXERCISE 1: Using the Microscope• EXERCISE 2: Histology• EXERCISE 3: Classification of Body Membranes• EXERCISE 4: Overview of the Skeletal System• EXERCISE 5: The Axial and Appendicular Skeleton• EXERCISE 6: Joints and Body Movements• EXERCISE 7: Organization of Muscle Tissue• EXERCISE 8: Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System• EXERCISE 9: Muscle Physiology• EXERCISE 10: Organization of Nervous Tissue• EXERCISE 11: Gross Anatomy of the Central Nervous System• EXERCISE 12: Reflex and Sensory Physiology

Examples Of Exercises

Conclusions

• Generational Differences are not Definitive• Observations About Online Learning• Technology can be Used to Enhance

Instruction• Distance Education and Face-to-Face

Instruction can be Equally Effective• Access to Information does not Equal

Knowledge

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