But when our classes meet online, we lose those “eyes-on” opportunities to connect, and a big part of our supportive role can fall apart – all because of the lack of regular face-to-face interactions.
If our classes meet synchronously (everyone meeting online at the same time) or if we are teaching a hybrid course (some students online and some in person), we still have some of those venues.
But if we have an asynchronous class (students only work on their own with no class meetings) or even a partially asynchronous class, we lose even more opportunities. Whichever type of online course we teach, we need to make some basic changes in our teaching habits to make up for the loss.