Millennials

November 5, 2015

Why eLearning Is For Every Generation

Have you ever noticed how often the media portrays Baby Boomers as technological idiots? It’s common for movies and TV shows to depict the generation born between 1946 and 1964 as utterly clueless when it comes to operating smart phones and laptops. Of course, those in the business world know that this is, for the most part, inaccurate. Some individuals sincerely dislike using technology and wish the pen-and-paper days would magically reappear. However, most people in the working world, no matter if they are Baby Boomers, Millennials, or from Generation X, find technology to be helpful and necessary to getting work done. This is especially true of eLearning technology.

by Jeffrey Roth

October 14, 2015

Preparing Students To Produce Digital Content

Preparing students to create digital content is more important than ever, as technology becomes more prevalent in schools and the need to prepare students for the 21st century workplace is more pressing.

by Joseph Sanfilippo

October 10, 2015

8 Tips To Engage And Inspire Millennials In eLearning

Millennials know their way around a computer. This might make them some of the most tech-savvy learners, but it also makes them some of the most distracted. In this article, I’ll share 8 top tips that you can use to grab their attention, boost their motivation, and make them lifelong learners.

by Christopher Pappas

September 11, 2015

Do We Have Different Learning Needs?

In today’s learning world there seems to be a huge spectrum between the associated characteristics of the various generations of learners; however, ultimately, whether we are Millennials or Baby Boomers, are we that dissimilar? Do we all have different learning needs?

by Marie Faulkner

August 14, 2015

Why Gen Y Doesn't Want To Use mLearning?

It is a common way of thinking that mobile learning is a perfect way of delivering competencies to young people. A couple of months ago, during one of our consulting projects, we realized that this is not so sure. Here is a story about Gen Y who doesn’t want to use mLearning…

by Marek Hyla

August 6, 2015

How To Nail Enterprise Resource Planning Training Programs That Appeal To Millennials And Boomers

Your workforce is currently made up of two very distinct groups of people; Boomers and Gen X in one group and Millennials in the other. In this article I will share 5 tips to create successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) training programs that appeal to all generations of your workforce.

by Boaz Amidor

July 22, 2015

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet On Training Millennials

Employers today are full of anxiety over the growing population of Millennials in the workforce. Millennials make up almost half of the total workforce, with numbers still rising. At the same time, the generation of Baby Boomers is rapidly retiring. Business Insider reports that millions of these Baby Boomers have retired just in the last six years and 10,000 of them turn 65 every single day. With the Millennials coming in and the Baby Boomers going out, the climate of the workplace is shifting. While companies of all kinds want to appeal to Millennials and hire Millennials, they aren’t quite sure how to adapt to their differences. Read why training Millennials is a challenge worth taking.

by Laura Payne

May 30, 2015

Millennials And Faith: Can eLearning Draw Millennials Back to Faith?

The Millennial Generation is, without question, the most over-informed, under-engaged generation in history. They can access more information on their smartphones with their little finger than previous generations had access to in their entire lifetime. At the same time, they have weaker relationships with their families and communities than ever before. This has created an environment that makes it difficult for churches to make disciples of Millennials.

by Beth Wisch

November 12, 2013

What Is The New Role Of A School Library In The Digital Age?

Paper books are still very ubiquitous and a very important learning tool. The same is true for paper magazines. Yet digital books and digital magazines are getting ever so popular and are here to stay. What will the function of a school library and a school librarian be in this ongoing digitalization of learning resources?

by Ron Leunissen

October 30, 2013

3 Reasons To Encourage Student-Generated Content

Criticisms from adults about the quality of student-generated content are unfair, because up until now, all theories and assumptions are mostly drawn from youth engagement in entertainment and gaming contexts, and not from educational contexts. Generalizing that a set of raw behaviors in one context would automatically define another is hardly grounds to impede the momentum of user-generated content.

by Paul Moss

August 19, 2013

The New Age Workforce

Would you be interested to know about the multiple generations at work, the challenges, the diversity and their varied work patterns?

by Surabhi Paliwal

August 8, 2013

The Top 3 Trends In e-Learning For Generation Z

Designing e-Learning products for Generation Z teenagers? Indigo Multimedia shares three key attitudinal and behavioral trends to consider in the design process.

by Caroline Greener