Resources
List of activities for mentors and mentees
Active Learning Techniques including Peer Instruction, Class Debate, Role-Playing, Case Studies, and Creative Scenarios and Simulations.
Outlines seven traits of Millennials and provides strategies on preparing and delivering effective instruction with these students. Acknowledges difficulties in addressing issues of race/ethnicity and class in generational theory.
Describes different generational groupings of adult learners and different learning preferences. Provides suggestions on effective course design and highlights characteristics of excellent instructors across generational lines.
Focusing on “Millennial culture,” identifies some of the key issues relating to teaching millennial learners. Summarizes need for relevant information; rationale for policies; relaxed environment; personal rapport; and research-based methods.
Click Here for Book Review Abstract: Towards Teaching in Public: Reshaping the Modern University explores how the contested relationships between policy, curriculum and pedagogy are reshaping the modern university and examines the impact of conceptualisations of teaching in public on this debate in this age of academic capitalism. It traces the emergence of strategies for open access, with particular reference to the contribution of technology and e-learning, to the emergence of teaching in public as a critique of current educational policy. The contributors combine policy analysis with a consideration of pedagogical issues and an exploration of the student experience. This collection draws together chapters by experienced scholars and practitioners within the field of teaching and learning in higher education. (From the Publisher)
Identifies key changes in values and behaviors that are changing higher education. Discusses technological changes, the ways in which people engage each other and technology; and the implications of these changes for higher education.
One challenge in teaching is designing a learning environment for students who span multiple generations. I’ll focus on this challenge in two blog posts. This first post will look more closely at “non-traditional” or “adult” learners as a demographic group, and suggest ways to support them in our classes. The second post will look at the so-called generational differences between students of different ages. Across both posts, I’ll include cautions for classifying students into neatly defined categories and suggest some strategies for supporting the learning of all students.
Interview with L. Lee Knefelkamp, a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University. Stresses the diversity of higher education learners, including adult learners. Emphasizes the notion of faculty as co-learners with students. Notes the importance of the work of K. Patricia Cross regarding adult learners.
Blog post at Faculty Focus. Highlights five elements to create a better learning environment for adult learners: treat them as adults; be aware of skills gap; consider technology gap; be efficient; and be creative.