I have found and heard from students taking online coarses, that the biggest struggle is the lack of interaction from an instructor. What has been discussed so far I think is amazing. I took a short online coarse for work, and the interaction with the individual teaching and the others participating was amazing. Lots of questions, comments, discussions. I have received feedback in the past that a " here is your work, do it and turn in" and minimal interaction destroys the opportunity. In the field I work in professionally, I am on the computer constantly and the structure being… >>>

Reply to Pamela Gabbay's post: I completly agree with you.

I learned and re-inforced that learning the stucture of the lessons and knowing what is going to happen ahead of when students receive the information to the module is key. " Flying by the seat of my pants" is not an option. I also beleive that as an instructure I need to make every effort to interact with the students and be avaliable for them when I am needed. I took online coarses many, many, (many) years ago. It is amazing and encouraging how much it has advanched and the number of opportunities are almost endless.