Week 4: Teacher Issues, Roles, Incentives, Supports, and Expectations

Dr. Bonk asked: "As you complete your readings for the week, compile some notecards of teacher issues (I), roles (R), incentives (I), supports (S), and expectations (E) (acronym is I-RISE) in online environments."

Here are my opinions about this:
* Teahcher Issues (I):
- teacher roles/learner roles
- percentage of teacher's participation
- time for preparation
- effort
- funding
- mindset change

*Roles (R)
(I think the roles might be vary based on the particular circumstances of a specific event and prior knowledge, skills, or attitudes of learners.)
- establish the conditions for communication
- provide & organize information & resources
- organize the communication mechanisms
- facilitate student's learning: enhance students' motivation/engagement/ collaborative interaction (as a moderator)
- update the course materials effectively/ quickly
- provide dynamic teaching & learning activities
- support technologies (provide assitance of system)
- be a participant as a peer
- demonstrate & emphasize how to critically evaluate the quality of recourses/ information

*Incentives (I)
- internal incentives: satisfaction of learner-centered learning/ more active communication/ more students' engagement
- external incentives: faculty rewarding system

* Supports (S)
- technology (institutional support)
- training for both technology and mindset change (about technology and learner-centered)
- more time to integrate technology
- policy development
- funding

* Expectations (E)
- builds learning communities among faculty
- creats lifelong learners
- provides greatere flexibitiy for busy faculty
- transforms all teaching for more active learning
- collaborates among teachers/instutions