1. Millennials
ROGERS L. SMITH JR.
AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL
UNIVERSITY
2. Who are the millennials?
Born between 1982 and
2002 (Central Piedmont
Community College,
2012)
Will replace retiring
Baby-Boomers (CPCC,
2012)
3. Who are the Millennials ?
Prefer texting over
emails (Pew Research
Center, 2010)
The world’s first “always
connected” generation
(Pew Research
Center, 2010)
4. What makes them different?
Introduced to technology
as babies (CPCC, 2012)
Most scheduled
generation ever (CPCC,
2012)
Hispanics largest
minority (CPCC, 2012)
5. What makes them different?
More prone to
communicate with peers
via devices rather than
face to face
Team oriented
(McGee, n.d.)
Less self-reliant
(McGee, n.d.)
19. Affect on the learning environment
Online media eliminates
the need for paper and
pencil
20. Affect on the learning environment
Interactive white boards
eliminate the possibility
of chalk allergies
affecting performance
21. Affect on the learning environment
Instructors with the
ability to teach more
students via video
conferencing
Online media
occasionally offers
immediate scoring
22. References
Central Piedmont Community College. (2012). Who are the
millenials?. Retrieved October 7, 2012 from
http://www.cpcc.edu/millennial
McGee, J. (n.d.). Teaching millenials. Retrieved October
7, 2012 from
http://www.ame.pitt.edu/documents/McGee_Millennials.pdf
Pew Research Center. (2010). Millennials- a portrait of
generation next. Retrieved October 7, 2012 from
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/10/millennials-
confident-connected-open-to-change.pdf
All images retrieved from Google images and Microsoft clip
art.