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 indifierence; some of them we perceive as insidious threats;
whiletheothersareseenasahugeliberation.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 infuence the implementation of CMC and present
CMC environments e.g. wikis, blogs, Padlet etc. The objective othe
present paper is to explore factors affecting the implementation of
CMC and current CMC environmentsfocusing on their effectiveness
in educational contexts, based on the part of the work of researchers
preoccupied with the topic. It has beenfiound that CMC indeed has
many pedagogical implications. This being the case, it would be
advisablefior the teachers to incorporate CMC at least to a certain
extent in the regular learning/teaching process.
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