The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching

Episode 146 - Who is the Learner Born in Year 2000?: Roger S. Nam

March 22, 2022 The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Season 1 Episode 146
The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching
Episode 146 - Who is the Learner Born in Year 2000?: Roger S. Nam
Show Notes

Learner based pedagogies must constantly ask the question - “who is our learner?” Answering this question brings the startling realization that first career, entering students do not know classrooms without the internet. Unlike the teacher, those learners do not know a world other than the current age. Their cultural formation is drastically different from that of the faculty. Their reality is a different reality. What does it mean to teach adults who were formed exclusively in the digital world? What are the challenges of teaching students born in 2000?