Being a teacher in digital era

                      Introduction

In digital era, Education has become new challenge for Teachers that need to pay attention for. If the learning system still applies a conventional system, it may be behind the modern education system. 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.

                     Content

Technology allows teachers to use search engines to find examples to enrich the content of their lessons, foster in students the interest for a subject and increase the engagement with their matter. As this method is quick and free, is possible to try something and, if that doesn’t work, then try something else.

As students can also use search engines, the teacher can push them to be active learners and foster in them the thirst for discovery and knowledge. In this new context the teacher should act as a quality and quantity filter for the huge amount of information available on the internet. Today teachers can raise the importance of student ides and recognise that they are central to the learning experience of the group of study.

When educators will move their teaching methods from teacher-centred to student-centred, from talk and show to inquiry, they will be able to leverage on each student’s abilities, interests and learning styles.Professors have become facilitators. It is no longer enough for a professor to get up on a podium and spout their knowledge in the hope that some of their wisdom will stick. A professor must be engaging and ultimately, instead of handing the material to the student to memorize for the final exam, the teacher must guide them through their own realizations and understanding of the subject matter. The style of teaching online, therefore, must be adapted. Teaching becomes more flexible and much more personal. A professor is expected to guide a student, not just through the process of the discovery of the material, but also to the discovery of their own potential.

The role of the student has changed as well. Students are now the owners of their own journey, and it is easy for them to forget about the human community behind digital technologies. It is important, in online learning, to keep the human component. This is achieved through live webinars or group work in class. And, of course, student skills have evolved. Now, students are required to have some technological skills prior to starting their course, ensuring they will be able to follow along without any problems. Students need basic knowledge on keeping safe and secure online. What must a student do to keep themselves safe when learning online? How can they ensure their privacy and what achievements can be made in the online platform? These are all questions that both professors and students need to consider.

We can already see the results of online education. Everyone knows someone close to them that has studied online, either in part or fully.

Some deep learning competencies include:

• Creativity
• Communication
• Citizenship
• Critical thinking
• Character
• Collaboration

                            Conclusion

In a student-centred classroom, students receive tips from the teacher then they freely choose their sources, tools, devices, format and in what theme go in depth. At the same time students are forced to be active, responsible and participants in their learning. On the other side they can experience difficulties to establish what is wrong and what is right and if the sources they stumble upon are authentic and trustworthy. That is why the teacher needs to become a mentor contextualizing information and guiding students in the practical application of the information they found.

Technological progress and adoption of artificial intelligence have a growing trend. Students use of the internet to find the contents of their studies has a growing trend too. We can say that as consequence of these factors, soon students will stop using books also in digital format. Students of the future will switch from text to video format to grow their knowledge about a matter. Libraries will become students meeting points with no books on the shelves. Students will ask questions to artificial intelligences and they will receive an answer in a multimedia format. In this context, teachers, after having become mentors, will have to take a step towards the programming of artificial intelligences that, perhaps one day, will take their place.