Volume Two - Academic Conferences

Shekhar Murthy and Devi Murthy
To the Millennial an instructor-led, chalk-and-talk pedagogy may spell boredom. Group-driven tasks
over social networks, wikis and blogs suits them better. They would prefer flexibility in learning
curriculum that empowers learners to become an integral part of educational system from design to
delivery. Learning must necessarily be fun for them. The salient strengths of Millennial which should
be factored in learning design, methods and delivery are presented in Figure 16.
Figure 16: Strengths of millennial generation
Learning styles that could effectively leverage the strengths of the Millennial and engage them
purposefully have been depicted in Figure 17. Holistic lifelong learning approaches must make efforts
to use these techniques in curriculum design and delivery.
Figure 17: Learning styles for millennial
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