1. 21st Century Learners
What we need to know
about today’s learners?
Northland College Professional Development Session
September 20 & 22, 2011
Presented by Becki George, Learning Technology Coordinator
Session Handouts: My Northland > Faculty > Learning Technology >
Documents > Professional Development Session #1

2. Technology Tidbit
• http://todaysmeet.com
• Communication and Collaboration Tool

3. Today’s Meet Topics
1. Describe a 21st century learner/21st
century learning?
2. What do students need to know
and be able to do in the 21st
century?
3. What do students need in the
classroom?

4. Key Questions
• What is 21st century learning?
• What are 21st century skills?
• Why do students need 21st century
skills?

5. 7 C(ompetencies)s of
21st C. Learning
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Communications, Information and Media
Literacy
• Collaboration
• Creativity and Innovation
• Computing Literacy
• Career and Learning Self-Reliance
• Cross-cultural Understanding

7. What the Students
want us to Know
• A Vision of Students Today –
You Tube

8. How do we compare to the Millenial
Generation?
• How Millenial Are You? Quiz
• http://pewresearch.org/millennials
/quiz/intro.php
• Report your score in Today’s Meet
• Pew Report – Raw Data

9. Learning Style Preferences
• Learning Preferences of the Digital
Generation.pdf

10. View of Educators
• 21st Century Learner

11. Today’s Meet Topics
1. Describe a 21st century learner/21st
century learning?
2. What do students need to know
and be able to do in the 21st
century?
3. What do students need in the
classroom?

12. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Old

13. Bloom’s Taxonomy
New

14. Bloom’s applied to
Learning Outcomes

15. How Students Learn
• PBS Digital Nation: Life on the
Virtual Frontier
• Multi-tasking at M.I.T.

16. Today’s Meet Topics
1. Describe a 21st century learner/21st
century learning?
2. What do students need to know
and be able to do in the 21st
century?
3. What do students need in the
classroom?

17. Relevance Learning
Tools
Student
Engagement
Efficiency
Stimulation

18. How Students Learn
• PBS Digital Nation: Life on the
Virtual Frontier
• Tech Fix

19. Northland’s Goals
• 75% of faculty will integrate some
technology based tools into syllabi
• 85% of faculty will develop & make
available some form of technology
accessible supplemental instructional
materials
• 85% of students who use the faculty
created, supplemental materials will
be satisfied or greatly satisfied

20. Next Prof. Develop. Session
• My Northland > Faculty > Learning Technology

21. Resources
My Northland > Faculty > Learning Technology > Documents