KOMPJUTERSKI PODRŽANA KOMUNIKACIJA U OBRAZOVNOM KONTEKSTU
COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT

Summary/Abstract: We live in modern age. Consequently, most of the time we are being exposed to the technological advancements. To some of them we react with indifference; some of them we perceive as insidious threats; while the others are seen as a huge liberation. Thus, computer-mediated communication (CMC) falls into the latter category. Moreover, it is omnipresent and favored mode of communication cross-generation. Educators that are in constant search for expedient methods and means to employ in classrooms are, also, steadily becoming more and more positive of CMC convenience and advantages. This paper deals with factors that influence the implementation of CMC and present CMC environments e.g. wikis, blogs, Padlet etc. The objective of the present paper is to explore factors affecting the implementation of CMC and current CMC environments focusing on their effectiveness in educational contexts, based on the part of the work of researchers preoccupied with the topic. It has been found that CMC indeed has many pedagogical implications. This being the case, it would be advisable for the teachers to incorporate CMC at least to a certain extent in the regular learning/teaching process.

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