Yes totally agree. Online learning can occur as most effective when a student is energized and confident as being in a threaded asynchronous discussion. If a student is in synchronous live chat discussion then the pressures toward conforming to learning the material online can be an arduous task. Students can release and accumulate more information in a threaded discussion. I taught at a university and had synchronous live chat discussions weekly for two hours in going through 21 chapters in eight weeks. So as a fact I know students do not respond well in a militaristic synchronous live chat discussion. Students want to enjoy online learning by responding when they get a notion to post to the course room like we are doing now. Don't we want online learning to be fun and enjoyable and also educational? Synchronous discussion learning is only good from my expert opinion in small group meetings and class projects. That would really be all synchronous learning would be good for in my expert opinion. Online learning can be advantageous towards the tools used properly either synchronous, asynchronous, or a blended hybrid mix approach of both.