iSuccess Stephanie Kuchova Heather Miler NACADA Conference: March 8, 2018
Success • C OLLEGE AS A COMMODITY • P UBLIC DISCUSSION • H IGHER E DUCATION ’ S REINFORCEMENT • B ASED ON A FAULTY PREMISE • F RIGHTENING REALITY • R ESPONSIBILITY Gutting, G. (2015, September 11). Why College Is Not a Commodity. The Chronicle of Higher Education Rawlings, H. (2015, June 09). College is not a commodity. Stop treating it like one. The Washington Post. Selingo, J. J. (2015, June 16). Higher ed as a commodity? Colleges have only themselves to blame. The Washington Post.
Teenage Political Technological Communication General Aspiration* Learning Experiences Happenings Influences * Views Style* Baby Boomers - Born during - Protests - Automobile - Telephone - American - Job - Logical (1943-1964) economic - Civil Rights - Radio: Rock - Face-to-face Dreamers security - Structured boom Movements & Roll - Classroom Generation - AIDs - Fall of - Television - Telephone - Desire not to - Work-Life - Casual X epidemic Berlin Wall (MTV Gen) - Email be defined balance - Interactive - Roundtable (1965-1979) - Very Beginnings: home computer Millennials - Scheduled - 9/11 & wars - Personal - Text - Entitled & - Freedom - Visual - Multimodal (1980 – 2000) to the that computer/ Messages Narcissistic and - Cafe maximum followed tablets - Social Media flexibility - Cell phones - Email, Video Games iGen - Information - Media - Everything - Apps - Individualistic - Security & - Active (1995 – TBD) always at influenced - Whatever - Social - Technology stability - Engaging fingertips views new thing Networks dependent - Lounge - Online - Wiki-leaks comes out experience - Global tomorrow prevalent Warming
T AKE A FEW MINUTES TO JOT Handout DOWN SOME THOUGHTS ON YOUR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS & ADVISING STYLE
Who is the iGen? • B ORN 1995+ • S MART PHONE • I = INDIVIDUAL Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
iGen Perspective • Y OUNG • N OT S OCIAL • I NSECURE • S AFETY • W ORK Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
Technology at a Glance • A PPLE DATA • I P HONE 6 • T YPICAL I P HONE USER • G ALLUP (2015) • “G OOGLE E FFECT ” • S EAN P ARKER & C HAMATH P ALIHAPITIYA
iGen: Cognitive Capacity • W ARD STUDY • B RAIN D RAIN • C ONSTANTLY M ULTITASKING • S WITCHTASKING • S LEEP Bergland, C. (2017, June 25). Are Smartphones Making Us Stupid? Psychology Today. Carr, N. (2017, October 06). How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds. Wall Street Journal. Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
iGen: Psychology • P UBLIC HEALTH CRISIS • S OCIAL MEDIA AND SELF - PRESENTATION • S CREEN ACTIVITIES VS . NONSCREEN ACTIVITIES • L ONELINESS • A NXIETY • J OURNAL OF C OMPUTER -M EDIATED C OMMUNICATION (2015) • P HYSICAL & MENTAL IMPACT • C YBERBULLYING • D EPRESSION Carr, N. (2017, October 06). How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds. Wall Street Journal. Ong, T. (2018, January 08). Investors push Apple to develop tools to respond to smartphone • S UICIDE addiction in youth. The Verge. Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
iGen: Socially • I MPACT ON R ELATIONSHIPS • O NLINE COMMUNITIES • “T HOUGH THEY ALLOW FOR EXPANDING SOCIAL NETWORKS ONLINE , CAN DIVERT OUR ATTENTION FROM DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING OFFLINE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH PERSONAL INTERACTION ” • U NIVERSITY OF E SSEX , U.K.– J OURNAL OF S OCIAL AND P ERSONAL R ELATIONSHIPS • V ALIDATED – V IRGINIA T ECH • L OWER LEVELS OF EMPATHY • C ONVERSATIONS SHALLOWER AND LESS SATISFYING • F REE T IME • F ACE - TO -F ACE I NTERACTION Carr, N. (2017, October 06). How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds. Wall Street Journal. Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books. Wilhelm, M. (2015, February 23). The iPhone Effect on Social Interaction. Contexts: Understanding People in their Social Worlds, Winter 2015.
iGen’ers Going to College • F REEDOM • D ATING • D RIVING • J OBS • D RINKING • “A DULTING ” Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
Who are we working with? Stages of Cognitive Development Social-Emotional Development Adolescence − Intense self-involvement, changing between high expectations and poor self-concept Middle − − Continued growth of capacity for abstract Continued adjustment to changing body, worries about Adolescence thought being normal − − Greater capacity for setting goals Tendency to distance selves from parents, continued Approximately − Interest in moral reasoning drive for independence − − Thinking about the meaning of life Driven to make friends and greater reliance on them, 14-18 popularity can be important − years of age Feelings of love and passion − Firmer sense of identity Late Adolescence − Increased emotional stability − Ability to think ideas through − Increased concern for others − Ability to delay gratification − Approximately Increased independence and self-reliance − Examination of inner experiences − Peer relationships remain important − Increased concern for future − Development of more serious relationships 19-21 − Continued interest in moral reasoning − Social and cultural traditions regain some of their years of age importance Bureau of Justice Assistance, (BJA). Stages of Adolescent Development adapted from the American Academy of child and Adolescent’s Facts for Families (2008)
W RITE DOWN SOME NOTES ON THE Handout i GENERATION AND BEGIN TO RECONCILE THEIR TRAITS WITH YOUR ADVISING STYLE
Group Work • B REAK INTO GROUPS AND BRAINSTORM STRATEGIES TO EMPLOY WHEN ADVISING I G EN ’ ERS • R EPORT OUT IN LARGE GROUP
PRACTICAL – ADVISING – SUCCESS T HOUGHTS FROM THE GROUP E NGAGE STUDENTS IN C LASSROOM WITH T WITTER • M ESSAGE THROUGH I NSTAGRAM ( OFFICE I NSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS ) • L OOK FOR I NFO TOGETHER ( TEACHING ) • S CREEN SHOTS , LESS WORDS • I NCORPORATE MORE MINDFULNESS • B REATHE FOR 5 SECONDS • E MOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE • F IDGET TOYS SO PHONE ISN ’ T IN H AND • C HALLENGE TO PUT AWAY PHONE ( START GROUP CONVERSATIONS ) •
PRACTICAL – ADVISING – SUCCESS T HOUGHTS FROM THE P RESENTERS A SK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS TO HELP STUDENTS CREATE THEIR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS • H AVE STUDENTS THINK OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES TO CREATE A • DEFINITION FOR THEMSELVES B UILD RELATIONSHIPS QUICKLY TO DEVELOP TRUST • T HIS IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE IN A SAFE PLACE • DISCUSS THE LEARNING THAT CAN RESULT FROM FAILURE • E DUCATE STUDENTS ON TECHNOLOGY ’ S IMPACT ON THEIR COGNITIVE ABILITIES • S TRATEGIES TO CREATE EFFECTIVE STUDY TIME , TIME MANAGEMENT , ETC . • E NCOURAGE STUDENTS TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR PEERS , FACULTY , OTHER STAFF • MEMBERS P ROGRAMMING , BROWN BAG LUNCHES , ETC . •
PRACTICAL – ADVISING – SUCCESS T HOUGHTS FROM THE P RESENTERS C ATER TO THEIR SHORT ATTENTION SPAN • E MAIL LENGTH , GRAPHICS , VIDEOS • D ECIDE IF YOU ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE SMARTPHONE INTO MEETINGS OR HAVE • STUDENTS PUT IT IN THEIR BAG R EMAIN CONSISTENT • G IVE THEM REASSURANCE • P ROVIDE CRITICISM WITH THE NOTION THAT YOU WANT THEM TO SUCCEED • P ROVIDE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS AND EXPECT THEY WILL ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS • R EMEMBER THESE STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY THREE YEARS BEHIND • D ISPLAY MYTH OF I NSTANT GRATIFICATION • E MAIL RESPONSE TIME , ETC . •
Higher Education as a Learning Experience “The ultimate value of college is the discovery that you can use your mind to make your own arguments and even your own contributions to knowledge …” -Hunter Rawlings Former president of the Association of American Universities
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