Digital natives who have grown up immersed in technology require teachers with skills to facilitate collaborative and digital learning. Effective 21st century teachers will take on new roles, including acting as co-learners with students, curating educational content as students can access information freely online, and facilitating learning by asking questions rather than solely lecturing. Teachers must also motivate students using different techniques as classrooms evolve and digital learning trends emerge.

1. NEW ROLE OF THE TEACHER
IN THE DIGITAL AGE
The 21st Century Needs Excellent Teachers
Jiyang Park
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2. DIGITAL NATIVES
Students growing up these days,
who might be called digital natives
have been surrounded by and
immersed in digital media all the
time.
As they have been used to playing
Play Station and learning what
they want to know by using digital
tools from their early ages, today’s
students require teachers who
have the knowledge and skills to
facilitate their participation in a
collaborative and digital learning
environment.

3. THE 21ST CENTURY TEACHERS CHARACTERISTICS

4. NEW ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN THE DIGITAL AGE

5. TEACHER AS ‘CO-LEARNER’
Now and in the future, effective teachers of digital-age learners will
be challenged to move away from models of teaching and learning
as isolated endeavors. As they model work and learning that reflects
inventive thinking, teachers must become comfortable as co-
learners with their students and with colleagues around the
world.

6. TEACHER AS ‘CONTENT-CURATOR’
As students can reach abundant free educational content, anywhere
and at any time, teachers of today are challenged to put aside the
role of subject matter expert and adopt new role of content curator.
This shifting role of teachers implies spending less time giving a
lecture to the students and more time supporting students to
successfully access and develop their critical thinking about
contents.

7. TEACHER AS ‘FACILITATOR’ OF LEARNING
The classroom is no longer valid place where teachers deliver their
knowledge regarding subject matter into passive and submissive
students. The teacher plays a role more as a facilitator who can
coach, enhance, mediate, and help students develop their
learning. As an excellent teacher as facilitator, one of the biggest
role is asking good questions.

8. TEACHER AS ‘MOTIVATOR’
In the 21st century world, teachers are using different teaching and
learning methodologies and we are in new situation to understand
the teachers’ new roles in education while we discuss about the
most recent trends in education world such as smart learning, digital
learning, and virtual conference. So, teachers need to apply
different motivational skills to make students learning more
effective.

9. THANK YOU
Jiyang Park
USF Instructional Technology
jiyang@mail.usf.edu