Marivic, you bring forward a very important topic. There is a difference between an instructor and an educator. An instructor performs the functions of a job, an educator is fulfilling an internal need to share their knowledge with others. It is similar to the difference between intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation. This concept stirs a great deal of debate within the academic community but after working with thousands of individuals over a 20 year career, I can say without hesitation the difference between an extrinsically motivated instructor and an intrinsically motivated educator is noticeable and significant with respect to achieving learning outcomes. I am interested in what others have to say about this topic. By the way, all educators still go by the title instructors so we need to be sure to not confuse the real issue over the semantics of nomenclature. Regards, James Jackson