I am an instructor and I am generation X

I am an instructor and a dental hygienist. I work in private practice 4 days a week and teach at a dental hygien school on Long Island New York 2 days a week. I am an X generation and I do feel as if I am at an advantage by having understand of the veterans, baby boomers and the the Y generation. I always try to understand the learning needs of my students and my patients. This course helped me to differentiate between the different groups. I will utilize what I learned in this course for future lesson planning

I'm a baby boomer and I've been teaching for almost 15 years.  In the beginning, I had no trouble understanding/relating to my students.  As I get "older" and my students get younger, I have a bit more trouble understanding their perspectives and their concepts of what is important.

 

I am a Gen X student.  I have experienced traditional in-person college courses, as well as graduate school online.  I also interned with undergraduate services librarians who specialize in library instruction.

As a student, I have definitely felt the “digital divide”, particularly in math and science courses where younger students adapt to the tools and instruction methods more easily (e.g. online textbooks and widespread integration of apps).

The biggest challenge I see from an instructor’s perspective is the trend away from being physically present. Younger students expect to conduct research, purchase supplies, ask questions, submit assignments and exams, and absorb all course content online. Increasingly we do not have the opportunity to connect one-on-one, from using Skype for office hours to outsourcing tutoring to education vendors.  I feel that older generations struggle to adapt to this new lifestyle while Gen Z will experience an essentially seamless move to a digital culture.

I'm in the education field and I enjoy talking about important topics and learning how we learn.

I'm a Gen Y student. This is why I chose online education an my avenue 

 

 

I am a baby boomer instructor. The newer generations have a well developed use of all the new technologies. The ability to multitask is not as good as some thing. The older generations have a well developed abilty to focus and complete tasks. This is a generalization, there are exceptions to this rule.

I am in the education field teaching medical assisting.  I have found these courses to be very helpful to me in the classroom.   They will all help me to be a better instructor and therefore have better students.

thanks