amanda,
You do lose some of that non-verbal feedback; however, new types of feedback emerge as you teach more online. You start to get a deeper sense of the student's learning and feelings through their emails, discussions, etc. It is amazing what you can start to pick up on in your online communications. Just like the first time you taught, you likely didn't pick up on all of the body language, you had to build that skill. No different in online teaching
Herbert Brown III
