Scott: Your answer points to several factors we should consider when we are deciding to make courses available in an online environment. Having read your response, I have concluded that you are in favor of online learning provided that: • The technology supports student-instructor interaction. • Students obtain support and feedback in a timely manner. • Psychomotor skills should be taught using a hybrid approach. It is quite true that in an online environment we lose the dynamism and synergy arising out of dialogue and discussions in real time. The dynamism is definitely lost; however, the synergy may not be totally lost-----just delayed. Students can share their thoughts about questions with other students, instructors and guest lecturers through asynchronous discussions. When students participate in asynchronous discussions and monitor them on a daily basis, they are exposed to a wider range of knowledge that is likely to evolve from a timed classroom session. Moreover, they have more time to read and assimilate other students' responses as well as those of the instructor or teaching assistant. Your point about the type of learner in the class is well taken; however, I would like to pint out that much of what has been written about catering to the different learning styles of learners does not hold much water when budgetary and time constraints come into play---and they do have a significant impact on all online learning programs driven by profitability. Satrohan