Cheating is not about the student who cheat is about the student who spend a lot of time to study in order to obtain a good grade. It is not fair to others to let student cheating. It is a lack of respect for the good student.

There is a big difference between being friendly and being a friend. You have to draw the line. Students could be confused if you don't, you must be to be as clear as possible about it.

 I walk around the clasroom constantly and gaze at students papers before them. I can see which students are taking notes or following concepts in the textbook and those that do not.

By showing relevancy of course content, the student will be able to learn the course content and or master the skills necessary be successful in their careers easier.

I am strongly inclined to support the claim that teaching in an online environment is much more demanding than teaching in a traditional classroom environment, the primary reason being that,as Instructors, we have to perform our duties from a distance.

We all see messages from students who have intense personal situations and we have to assume that there are plenty of students who prefer to keep those personal situations to themselves, rather that share with an instructor. That said, sometimes what a student needs is an offer of help in a different form.

I beleive that if you send a welcome email before the first course starts giving them ways to contafct you and making yourself available no matter what time zone they are in. I believe that if they know and understand that they cna contact you anythime it gives them a sense of comfort.

Agreed on all points, James. The didactic learning component can be taught in an online environment; however, online instruction cannot yield the desired results for high risk situations, examples of which you have mentioned. Another example would be operation and maintenance of military systems.

Everyone know the formula for a succesful relationship: trust, respect and a good communication. Do we always use it as designed???

In some field, life experience could only motivate the students if you can show the relationship between the past and the future.