The impact of Millenials on workplace learning
In less than 2 years, more than 47% of the workforce will be Millenials. How will this affect us as developers of learning? Millenials take in information very differently. They scan, they look for factoids, they don’t read long texts. They are used to working in groups and working collaboratively. They THINK they can handle multi-tasking (in reality, none of us can) so they are used to more than one stream of information coming at them at one time (listening to music, chatting online and doing homework simultaneously is normal). Will we need to change our communication methods? The look and feel and dissemination of our learning materials? When will we make this move? Will we be ahead of the curve or behind it?