Involvement in online teaching after years of offering the same courses is rejuvenating. In addition to learning new technologies, instructors make discoveries about how to teach that they bring back to the traditional classroom. More students participate online because they are less self-conscious and less subject to the time pressure that can inhibit classroom discussions. Web site integration allows a larger variety of content and resulting opportunities for individualized learning. The whole world becomes the classroom.
Instructors have opportunities for extra income as online companies look for experienced teachers.
Through sharing with another college, an online teacher can offer courses that would never have sufficient enrollment if just one college was involved. Online instructors can look forward to a retirement almost anywhere in the world where they can still teach their favorite class once a year. Online learning can work on a variety of levels. Online learners may not. We all have many years of training in how to behave in a classroom.