Adult Millennials

2014 ◽  
pp. 126-142
Author(s):  
Brian Bourke
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Generational Status ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Distinct Subpopulation

Discussions about students in post-secondary education are often based on divisions of distinct subpopulations, which are in turn often based on demographics or generational status. In the context of adult learners who are also members of the Millennial generation, there exist no discussions of the overlaps between the two groups. In this chapter, the author provides an overview of the characteristics of both adult learners and members of the Millennial generation. Following a comparison of the characteristics of the two groups, the author offers a perspective of a distinct subpopulation: Adult Millennials. After offering strategies for working with Adult Millennials, with attention to online learning environments, the chapter concludes with suggestions for further research addressing Adult Millennials.

Adult Millennials

2018 ◽  
pp. 1898-1916
Author(s):  
Brian Bourke
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Generational Status ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Distinct Subpopulation

Discussions about students in post-secondary education are often based on divisions of distinct subpopulations, which are in turn often based on demographics or generational status. In the context of adult learners who are also members of the Millennial generation, there exist no discussions of the overlaps between the two groups. In this chapter, the author provides an overview of the characteristics of both adult learners and members of the Millennial generation. Following a comparison of the characteristics of the two groups, the author offers a perspective of a distinct subpopulation: Adult Millennials. After offering strategies for working with Adult Millennials, with attention to online learning environments, the chapter concludes with suggestions for further research addressing Adult Millennials.

Adult Millennials

2014 ◽  
pp. 62-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Bourke
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Generational Status ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Distinct Subpopulation

Discussions about students in post-secondary education are often based on divisions of distinct subpopulations, which are in turn often based on demographics or generational status. In the context of adult learners who are also members of the Millennial generation, there exist no discussions of the overlaps between the two groups. In this chapter, the author provides an overview of the characteristics of both adult learners and members of the Millennial generation. Following a comparison of the characteristics of the two groups, the author offers a perspective of a distinct subpopulation: Adult Millennials. After offering strategies for working with Adult Millennials, with attention to online learning environments, the chapter concludes with suggestions for further research addressing Adult Millennials.

scholarly journals The (Lack of) Influence of Age and Class Standing on Preferred Teaching Behaviors for Online Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Kennan
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching Behaviors ◽  
Online Students ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Class Standing ◽  
Online Classrooms ◽  
The Impact

This study contributes to the growing body of literature about what makes a successful online learning environment. Specifically, it addresses assumptions made about online learning environments — that privilege self-determination and adult learners — by measuring students’ preferences for teaching behaviors that they believe help them succeed in online classrooms. Using two waves of survey data, only seven teaching behaviors were consistently related to online learners based on differences in age and class standing among students, and those behaviors do not fit neatly within the assumptions typically made about adult learners. These findings should begin to raise questions about whether the assumptions made about adult learners actually manifest in online learning environments. This study reveals evidence of a more pragmatically-minded group of adult learners, particularly when considering the impact of age and class standing for online students.

scholarly journals THE CHALLENGES OF TRANSNATIONAL ONLINE LEARNING

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Education Needs

Globalization is enabling transnational provision of post-secondary education. The leadership of higher education needs to attend to issues of quality and accreditation.

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