When dealing with high-tech media the educator's personal disposition towards the media is important. This may involve the ability to change, explore new ways without prejudice, the enthusiasm, to move from one teaching model to another in one's subject, the insight to display innovative thought while maintaining a critical, rational approach to the required learning outcomes, the skill to adopt and develop a personal style that is compatible with certain media and to strive towards optimal learning environment. No one technology can truly rival an expert educator to giving and receiving information. The other lame excuse of why bother to set the equipment and borrow the media -if one can manage without them. Having been educated with the textbook, many tend to stay with the familiar, 'tried and tested' approach, following the path of least resistance by adopting the same method as they were taught.
Many educators have yet to be convinced of the place of media and technology in education.
New skills will be required in consensus building and priority setting in which a proactive style replaces the typical reactive posture. Like any artist, an educator has to acquire expertise through formal training and education, as well as master the skills through practice. Educators need to be knowledgeable and uncompromising in their strive to provide the best for the situation the students find themselves in. If educators have a phobia of a certain medium of instruction, they are unlikely to use it well. The question of attitudes and feelings of staff are among the most important factors affecting the success of any lesson.