Millennials

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Millennials

Increasing Student Success: Evaluating the Effectiveness of U-Pace Instruction at UWM

September 6, 2012

Two faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee developed the technology-enabled instructional approach known as U-Pace , which combines self-paced, mastery-based learning with in…

7 Things You Should Know About Navigating the New Learning Ecosystem

May 2, 2012

The LMS was once the undisputed center of the digital learning ecosystem . But on many campuses, the situation has changed such that the campus online learning environment might be better v…

Empowering Students and Instructors: Reflections on the Effectiveness of iPads for Teaching and Learning

April 12, 2012

Devices like the Apple iPad call for purposeful experimentation to see how mobile technology might be used in teaching and learning and in updating established educational models to engage today�…

7 Things You Should Know About First-Generation Learning Analytics

December 6, 2011

Learning analytics (LA) applies the model of analytics to the specific goal of improving learning outcomes. LA collects and analyzes the “digital breadcrumbs” that students leave as th…

Students, Technology, and Learning: Strategies for Success—Proceedings

July 29, 2008

Cosponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), EDUCAUSE, and the University of Central Florida (UCF), the Students, Technology and Learning: Strategies for Su…

ELI Discovery Tool: Net Generation Workshop Guide

July 19, 2007

The ELI Discovery Tool: Net Generation Workshop Guide is designed as an action-oriented, modifiable resource for faculty development and other instructional uses. We have focused on the Net G…

7 Things You Should Know About Citizen Journalism

November 15, 2007

Citizen journalism refers to a wide range of activities in which everyday people contribute information or commentary about news events. With the birth of digital technologies, people now have un…

7 Things You Should Know About Wikipedia

June 7, 2007

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia anyone can add to or edit. A highly popular resource, Wikipedia has become a primary research tool of college students, and it may help them develop compar…

7 Things You Should Know About Facebook II

May 15, 2007

Since ELI's first brief on Facebook ( http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI7017 ), the social networking site originally developed for college and university students has be…

Confessions of a Podcast Junkie: A Student Perspective

January 1, 2007

© 2007 Carie Windham. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ ). …