Redefining the role of teacher in 21st century.
The digital revolution is changing our work, our associations and our schedules. It is transforming the way children and young people play, access information, communicate with each other, learn, relearn and unlearn. But now this revolution has profoundly entered in the Education sector and that is also at all levels i.e. school level, College level and University level. Now we talk of use of Interactive smart boards, hybrid or blended learning, flipped classrooms and digital libraries etc. during teaching learning processes.
In digital era, the process of learning and teaching is not only focused in the classroom, but also by using digital media, online and teleconference. However, the students must be controlled by the teachers, so they can choose positive aspects of technological advance. And the teachers as the main role should keep on watch and have to smarter than the students in technological issues. The education system of the 21st century has changed radically with the integration of the technology in every sector.
In this digital age, teachers are confronting with new challenges every day in respect of students, their individual needs, new hardware’s and software’s and own developmental needs. Using an advanced technology, students now have got the access to multiple knowledge via internet on their pcs, mobiles and tablets. As a result, students have become more knowledgeable, interrogative, competitive and more demanding from their teachers. An average teacher who himself is not tech savvy, can’t get recognition and respect from these kinds of students. Moreover due to Globalization of Education in the last decade has put a greater impact on the type of students available in the classrooms.
A teacher his self is also an employee of an organization called school or college or university. So there are certain her own professional needs which are posing new challenging in front of her every coming day. A teacher is engaged in multiple and multi-level tasking in any school, college and University that they have either less or no time for innovations in their teaching.
Effective teachers don’t limit the learning resources for the students. Correspondingly, they are the best instructor for the students. In contrast, they will create the learning materials entertaining. The instructor knows how to make the meaningful learning opportunities for all students accessing the technologies. Providing practical examples in classroom collaborating in a class with another teacher can also help them to learn perfectly. To emphasize, they know mixing the knowledge with an expert collaborator can make the student motivated.