Millennials Don't Stand a Chance: Supporting Digital Natives to Learn Effectively with Technology Tools

摘要

NPR recently featured a debate entitled "Millennials Don't Stand A Chance," discussing the bad rap the recent generation of students and workers are receiving in regards to their learning patterns and work ethic. "Digital natives" or Millennials, individuals born roughly between 1982 and 2004, are often stereotyped as being narcissistic and entitled. Some studies have shown that they lack work ethic and waste more time at work and school than the Gen X'ers and the Baby Boomers before them. According to an article in the Huffington Post last year, Millennials waste about 2 hours of work per day with Internet use and socializing; 70 percent believe they should have "me" time at work. This sense of entitlement, combined with the accessibility of technology and the constant distraction of social media, are extremely detrimental to work and study output.