1. Millennials in the classroom

2. Are short on patience Demand more choices and make quick choices Are much less solitary and individualistic Are facile multi-taskers Get information primarily from social networks Would rather learn by doing than read directions Prefer peer-to-peer learning methods Feel pressure to and expect to excel Want to learn on their own time Want immediate results Like structure in the classroom and group work

3. Millennials in the classroom OLD WAY Instructor is dispenser of knowledge Student is recipient of knowledge Constant lecture Technology not utilized A less social environment Fixed furniture MILLENNIALS Instructor is a mentor Increased student involvement Technology used regularly Instructor technology proficient An increased social environment Flexible furniture

4. Millennials in the classroom We need new teaching strategies that could include Student-centered classrooms More peer-peer and student-faculty interaction More engagement with technology Teamwork, workplace ethics, responsibility, and civility Customer service attitude More active learning settings Howe and Strauss, 2003 Brown, 2005 Sweeney, 2007 Andrus, 2008

5. Millennials in the classroom Two examples: Newspaper analysis assignment Previously lecture/Q&A with examples from 3 or 4 newspapers Now interactive, with students in groups actually handling and marking up papers The Merchant of Venice Previously students were given the text, and teacher-led discussion centered around each act Now, we put Shylock on trial without any teacher-led discussion