Goals and strategies are needed by students to be successful in online study.

Synchronous is basically face to face just maybe online. Asynchronous happens at any time through discussion boards, email, etc

Community of Practice I have not heard of before now.

Video media is great if you can find time to do it.

There are different student personality types that affect how each learns best. It is worth the time to identify who you have in your class. This enables you to respond and communicate more effectively with each.

I had not read about the differences in asynchronous and synchronous discussions before.

Introductions are very important to learn about each other and begin to establish a relationship to teach.

Structure is very important to the students understanding and successful completion.