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ELI Web Seminar, January 16, 2007 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour

What Students Have to Say

Special Guest

Carie Windham
Former Undergraduate, North Carolina State University
Graduate Student, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

When she is not Googling her own name or adding to her blog, Carie Windham is completing a master's degree in Irish history and politics from the University of Ulster in Derry, Northern Ireland, where she studied as a Mitchell Scholar. A recent Phi Beta Kappa graduate of North Carolina State University, she became intrigued as a college editor by the Net Gen characteristics of herself and her peers. She shared secrets of the millennial mind in "The Student's Perspective," a chapter in the 2005 EDUCAUSE e-book, Educating the Net Generation, edited by Diana Oblinger and James Oblinger. Recent works include "Father Google and Mother IM: Confessions of a Net Gen Learner" in EDUCAUSE Review and a white paper on information literacy, "Getting Past Google: Perspectives on Information Literacy from the Millenial Mind." She is currently based in Athens, Georgia.

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Summary

EDUCAUSE Vice President Diana Oblinger will moderate this Web Seminar with Carie Windham, in which she discusses the student’s perspective.

The rise of the millenials has spawned new conversations about engagement and learning on today's college campuses. But what do these Net Gen learners really want? From the mouth of a confessed Net junkie, learn what makes these students tick, what ticks them off, and what faculty and administrators need to know to bridge the generational divide. Using anecdotes from her own life and the lives of her peers, Carie Windham will provide an overview of Net Gen characteristics and how those characteristics translate to the classroom, including the "Ten Commandments of Net Gen Teaching and Engagement."

Related EDUCAUSE Resources

Suggested Discussion Questions for the Seminar [DOC 33 KB]
Educating the Net Generation, An EDUCAUSE E-Book
ELI Net Generation Learners Web Page
Ensuring the Net Generation Is Net Savvy, September 2006
Getting Past Google: Perspectives on Information Literacy from the Millenial Mind, September 2006 (authored by Carie Windham)
How Choice, Co-Creation, and Culture Are Changing What It Means to Be Net Savvy, October 2006

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