It also is disconcerting not having visual cues that students are grasping what you are teaching, and lecturing must be limited, she added. I found myself as a facilitator. Additionally, distance learning is not a panacea for teaching large numbers of students, as some people have suggested, Neal explained. Increasing the number of students in a distance learning setting may actually cut down on the interaction among students. In the future, the key will be to develop distance learning strategies that complement traditional teaching methods.
Technology can be a great way to provide education, but it takes a lot of time and thought.