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U2.1 - Understanding the Learners (Different Generations) Flashcards

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Different Generations of Learners

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  1. The G.I. Generation (The Greatest Generation / Silent Generation)
  2. The Traditionalist
  3. The Baby Boomers
  4. The Gen X
  5. The Millennials
  6. The Gen Z
  7. The Gen Alpha
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The different generations of learners consist of approximately ____-year span.

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10

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T/F:
Each generation of learners has a unique set of values.

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True

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T/F:
Every generation of learners reacts to the generation before them

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True

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T/F:
Every generation of learners looks at their generation before them as the standard of comparison

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True

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Identify the generation of learners:
Born between 1922-1945

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Traditionalist

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Identify the generation of learners:
value old-time morals, safety, security, and consistency

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Traditionalist

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Identify the generation of learners:
have more respect for brick-and- mortar educational institutions and traditional lecture formats

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Traditionalist

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Identify the generation of learners:
favors conventional business models in the legal workplace and a top-down chain of command

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Traditionalist

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Identify the generation of learners:
Titles are important, and respect is given based on positional authority.

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Traditionalist

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Identify the generation of learners:
If a facilitator is viewed as being the “expert,” they are less apt not to question credibility.

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Traditionalist

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Traditionalists:
6 Training and Learning Styles

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  1. Prefer to learn in the morning
  2. Sage on the stage
  3. Lecture
  4. Q and A
  5. Dislike being called on….
  6. Link learning organizational goals
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Identify the generation of learners:
Born between 1946-1964

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
Strong work ethic; aren’t afraid to put in a hard day of work

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
independent and self-assured

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
like competition and goal-centric

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
Resourceful and disciplined

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
mentally focused and team-oriented

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
learned to put up with lecture formats, build and abide by ground rules to encourage fairness with each other, role play and interact

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
More likely to live in two-income household

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
Have a basic feeling of security

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
More likely than others to focus on education

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
Have the higher level of education

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
88.8% of this generation completed high school

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Baby Boomers

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Identify the generation of learners:
live to WORK

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Baby Boomers

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Baby Boomers:
6 Training and
Learning Strategies

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  1. Facilitated, instructor-led
  2. Interactive and group learning
  3. Need time to practice skills
  4. Prefer tactile learning
  5. Like books, and hand-outs
  6. Link learning to new ways to add value
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Identify the generation of learners:
the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding the Millennials.

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Gen X

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Identify the generation of learners:
birth years ranging from the early-to-mid 1960s to the early 1980s.

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Gen X

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Identify the generation of learners:
independent, resourceful, and self-sufficient; value freedom and responsibility in the workplace

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Gen X

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Identify the generation of learners:
Many in this generation display a casual disdain for authority and structured work hours.

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Gen X

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Identify the generation of learners:
dislike being micro- managed and embrace a hands-off management philosophy.

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Gen X

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Identify the generation of learners:
nicknamed the “WHY” generation

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Gen X

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Identify the generation of learners:
technologically literate

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Gen X

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Identify the generation of learners:
work ethic = means to an end

35
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Identify the generation of learners:
crave attention and want immediate rewards

36
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Identify the generation of learners:
“just in time” learners

37
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3 characteristics common with millennials and gen x

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  1. digital savviness
  2. eagerness to lead
  3. driven by purpose
38
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Identify the generation of learners:
confident leading with empathy

39
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4 characteristics common with boomers and gen x

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  1. employer-loyal
  2. virtual team leaders
  3. execution-focused
  4. identifying and developing talents
40
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Identify the generation of learners:
strong desire for external mentoring and development

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Generation X:
7 Training and Learning Strategies

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  1. Focus on outcomes versus techniques
  2. Make learning experiential, problem-solving
  3. Control over own learning
  4. Like parallel thinking
  5. Go with key points
  6. Flexibility in scheduling
  7. Link learning to their marketability
42
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Millennials are also known as?

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Generation Y

43
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Identify the generation of learners:
the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z

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Millennials

44
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Identify the generation of learners:
early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years

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Millennials

45
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Identify the generation of learners:
The most salient characteristic of this generation is its comfort with technology.

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Millennials

46
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Identify the generation of learners:
Prensky (2001) refers to them as digital natives, or people born into a technological world.

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Millennials

47
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Generation Y/ Millennials:
6 Training and Learning Strategies

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  1. Edutainment (education and entertainment) - both fun and learning
  2. mis-takes
  3. teamwork and technology
  4. like discovery and mystery of unanswered questions
  5. engaged to retain info
  6. link learning to making a future (both making a difference and making money)
48
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T/F:
The Millennial Generation will entirely recast the image of youth, from downbeat and alienated to upbeat and engaged – with potentially seismic consequences for America.

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True;
according to Howe and Strauss, Millenials Rising, 2000

49
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Identify the generation of learners:
digital natives and menu-driven thinking

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Millennials

50
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Identify the generation of learners:
work on their own terms and want customization

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Millennials

51
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Identify the generation of learners:
think globally and have positive expectations

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Millennials

52
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Identify the generation of learners:
desire interactivity and mutual respect, ready for collaboration

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Millennials

53
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Identify the generation of learners:
express to express, not to impress

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Millennials

54
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Identify the generation of learners:
multi-taskers

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Millennials

55
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Identify the generation of learners:
are looking for a cause and value meaningful work

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Millennials

56
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Identify the generation of learners:
celebrate diversity and acknowledgement for being here

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Millennials

57
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Identify the generation of learners:
looking for an experience

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Millennials

58
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Identify the generation of learners:
work to live;
goal is to find work and create a life that has meaning

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Millennials

59
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Identify the generation of learners:
“Find a job you enjoy and you will never work for a day in your life.”

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Millennials

60
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Identify the generation of learners:
no feeling of “company loyalty”

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Millennials

61
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Identify the generation of learners:
“If things are not working out, quit, there is another job out there.”

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Millennials

62
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Identify the generation of learners:
informational learning

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Traditionalists

63
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Identify the generation of learners:
Transformational learning

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Baby Boomers

64
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Identify the generation of learners:
Self-directed learning

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Generation X

65
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Identify the generation of learners:
Informal learning

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Millenials

66
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Identify the generation of learners:
They are already the largest generation in the U.S. and will represent 40 percent of the population in 2020

67
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Identify the generation of learners:
first students to be born into a world with smartphones, tablets, and computers

68
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Identify the generation of learners:
social entrepreneurs and like learning to have meaning and purpose

69
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Identify the generation of learners:
don’t stand for the status quo

70
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Identify the generation of learners:
born into an information revolution (i.e. artificial intelligence)

71
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Identify the generation of learners:
like to make and create

72
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Identify the generation of learners:
want to connect, collaborate, and share

73
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Identify the generation of learners:
social circle is global

74
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Identify the generation of learners:
it’s easier to gain an audience, a stage, and the attention of the right people

75
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Identify the generation of learners:
like to talk in images and emojis, prefer Youtube to TV.

76
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Identify the generation of learners:
like information in bite-sized chunks and prefer hands-on learning

77
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Identify the generation of learners:
born from 2010-2025

78
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Identify the generation of learners:
first generation entirely born within the 21st century

79
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Identify the generation of learners:
also known as the iGeneration

80
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Identify the generation of learners:
children of millennials

81
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Identify the generation of learners:
predicted to be highly immersed in technologies

82
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Identify the generation of learners:
described to be born with a tech thumb and can very well navigate a gadget before starting to read

83
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Identify the generation of learners:
Teachers of this generation will have to be more open-minded and ready to understand them in the new global age.

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