Dr. Savita Sable. MCT College of Education and Research.

Airoli, Navi Mumbai

Role of Teacher in computer mediated communication

For Technological mediated communication teacher has to perform the following functions :

 Pedagogical/ Intellectual function

 Social function
 Managerial (organisational, procedural, administrative) function
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Pedagogical/ Intellectual function

 Traditional teaching function

 Tr. Should know the syllabus & particular course content.
 By performing this function teacher:

• Contributes special knowledge and insights,

• uses questions, probes for students responses.
• Focusses discussions on critical concepts,
• principles and skills,
• models appropriate behaviour

Social Function

Teacher should create a comfortable conducive group learning environment:

• Interact with the students and encourage the group workculture
• Should animate, motivate and facilitate feedback.
• Design activities in such a manner that it encourages working in groups
• Create a friendly social environment
• Promote human relationship
• Affirms and reorganises students input
• Provides ooppurtunites for students to develop a sense of group cohesiveness
• Maintains group as a unit
• Helps members to work together for a common cause

Managerial Function

• Teacher develops content, practical work and interactive activities and plans and conducts the
teaching program and learning activities which includes:
 Setting the agenda for discussion
 Defining objectives for the discussion
 Fixing timetable
 Establishing procedural rules, pacing and decision-making norms
 Managing the flow and direction of the discussion
Technical function

• Make students comfortable and proficient in the use of the relevant and accessible
technology

Dr. Savita Sable. MCT College of Education and Research. Airoli, Navi Mumbai
 Dr. Savita Sable. MCT College of Education and Research. Airoli, Navi Mumbai

• Ensure that participants are comfortable with the system and the software
• Make the technology transparent.

Dr. Savita Sable. MCT College of Education and Research. Airoli, Navi Mumbai