Are Online Classes the Solution?

Now let's examine how colleges and businesses are responding to serve this unique group of students and employees. A 10-digit cell phone text message now qualifies as "talking." So does an e-mail exchange, an instant message (IM) conversation and a message board discussion with complete strangers. They can't write a sales report, instant message six friends and watch ESPN at the same time. Their writing and thought process lacks depth, since no time is set aside for proper reflection. Educators and researchers have found that the Net Generation lacks depth in its research and critical skills. Net Generation students expect the same availability from college administrators, staff and professors. College professors understand the traditional "lecture, read and test" method is failing to reach the Net Generation college student. Net Generation students are also strong experiential learners. Net Generation students are no stranger to community service. Next, let's talk about how the Net Generation student views the world and his role in making it a better place.

At the same time, the student is also playing and downloading music, watching last night's "The Daily Show" and talking on the phone, reports the survey. Not surprisingly, the Net Survey found that 80 percent of college students have instant messaged someone in the same room. Group work is very important to Net Generation students, even in online classes, something that's overlooked by many professors who assume that online students are independent workers. Net Generation students also expect quick responses from online professors, something many professors don't always have the time or interest to give. Net Generation college students expect a deep and personal connection with their professors. Net Generation students have had their own cell phone as long as they can remember, and they've been checking in with mom and dad ever since. Net Generation students work fast and make plans even faster. To that end, many colleges are trying to make other essential student services available online around-the-clock.

When the assignments were rewritten using images first, student scores increased by 11 to 16 percent and refusal to complete the assignment dropped by 10 to 14 percent. These services include adding money to meal accounts, making doctor's appointments at the student health center and renewing library books online. One study examined a library class at California State University - Hayward, where students frequently ignored lengthy text directions for homework assignments. For many professors, old and young alike, this level of access is impossible, but all agree that it's one of the powerful new realities of teaching the Net Generation. The Net Generation quickly shifts attention from one project to the next, always putting a high priority on speed. For the Net Generation, they blend and crossover into academic and professional circles, adding new demands to old institutions, like the professor-student relationship. For the Net Generation, collaboration can occur in the same classroom or with team members across the world. That's because, for the Net Generation, the lines between the virtual and physical world are blurred, if not invisible. Net Generation students crave interactivity with their peers and professors, even if they don't meet in a physical class. In an article in the Chronicle for Higher Education, American University linguistics professor Naomi Baron says that Net Generation students have confused effective communication for self-expression at all costs.

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According to a study by the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Central Florida, older students are far more likely to be satisfied by online courses than Net Generation students. Research shows that Net Generation college students are strong visual learners and weaker textual learners. Traditional office bureaucracies leave the Net Generation employee feeling penned in. Net Generation workers expect quick feedback from superiors and incentives for jobs well done, youtube shorts like extra vacation time or prizes. That's because the Net Generation has grown up in a world so steeped in communication gadgets and software they don't even see these tools as technology. They "speak the language" of technology fluently and spontaneously. There's something to be said, argues professor Baron, for the ability to sit still and think. The Web is perfect for multi-media learners, but few online classes take advantage of its ability to present information not only as text, but as video, audio and images. His mind resembles "hypertext," meaning that images, sounds and text link together bits of information. To those born after 1982 -- also known as the Net Generation -- the word "talk" takes on a slightly different meaning. Rosen says Net Generation workers are used to the awards and accolades showered upon them as overachieving high school and college students, and the workplace should be no exception.  C onte​nt has　been c reated ​wi th G᠎SA Con tent G​ener ator  DE MO.

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