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Teachers and Challenges
of Digital Technology
Marinko Lazzarich
University of Rijeka
marinko.lazzarich@uniri.hr
Marija Vlahović
Antun Gustava Matoša Elementary School
marija.vlahovic2.mv@gmail.com
Historical changes in communication technology substantially affect the ed-
ucation system. Today’s youth is fully dependent on digital technology and
social networks. Until recently, students learned linearly, rationally mastering
curriculum by reading. Digital environments offer great opportunities for de-
veloping education. Apart from entertainment, students use the media for ed-
ucational purposes as they can find a lot of teaching materials on the Internet.
Teachers must be aware of these generational shifts in order to adjust the dy-
namics of teaching as new generations of students require a faster change in
teaching methods and forms of work. This paper quotes the results of the re-
search on attitudes teachers in Croatia have towards the use of digital aids in
classroom teaching. High percentage of respondents believe that digital tech-
nology helps in motivating students to work and adopt content and improves
the quality of teaching educational content. Teachers are aware of the impor-
tance of digitization in teaching and express a positive attitude towards the
utility of technological aids in teaching.
Keywords: digitization of teaching, mother tongue, multitasking, media cul-
ture, classroom teaching
Our students today are e-students living in an e-world that, like life, has
its advantages and disadvantages. To be successful in their e-lives, they
need competent e-teachers and e-lecturers who recognize and apply
the most effective forms of learning.
Milović and Veža (2011, 76)
Introduction
The new generations of students differ from the previous ones, because they
are growing up in the digital technology environment they require a differ-
ent approach to teaching. Unlike their predecessors who had books as their
basic source of information, to children born in the new millennium the basic
Štemberger, T., S. Čotar Konrad, S. Rutar in A. Žakelj, ur. 2022. Oblikovanje
inovativnih učnih okolij. Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem.
https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-139-1.163-176
of Digital Technology
Marinko Lazzarich
University of Rijeka
marinko.lazzarich@uniri.hr
Marija Vlahović
Antun Gustava Matoša Elementary School
marija.vlahovic2.mv@gmail.com
Historical changes in communication technology substantially affect the ed-
ucation system. Today’s youth is fully dependent on digital technology and
social networks. Until recently, students learned linearly, rationally mastering
curriculum by reading. Digital environments offer great opportunities for de-
veloping education. Apart from entertainment, students use the media for ed-
ucational purposes as they can find a lot of teaching materials on the Internet.
Teachers must be aware of these generational shifts in order to adjust the dy-
namics of teaching as new generations of students require a faster change in
teaching methods and forms of work. This paper quotes the results of the re-
search on attitudes teachers in Croatia have towards the use of digital aids in
classroom teaching. High percentage of respondents believe that digital tech-
nology helps in motivating students to work and adopt content and improves
the quality of teaching educational content. Teachers are aware of the impor-
tance of digitization in teaching and express a positive attitude towards the
utility of technological aids in teaching.
Keywords: digitization of teaching, mother tongue, multitasking, media cul-
ture, classroom teaching
Our students today are e-students living in an e-world that, like life, has
its advantages and disadvantages. To be successful in their e-lives, they
need competent e-teachers and e-lecturers who recognize and apply
the most effective forms of learning.
Milović and Veža (2011, 76)
Introduction
The new generations of students differ from the previous ones, because they
are growing up in the digital technology environment they require a differ-
ent approach to teaching. Unlike their predecessors who had books as their
basic source of information, to children born in the new millennium the basic
Štemberger, T., S. Čotar Konrad, S. Rutar in A. Žakelj, ur. 2022. Oblikovanje
inovativnih učnih okolij. Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem.
https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-139-1.163-176
