Linda: I share your sentiments about being a top notch Instructor. I want to comment on thelast paragraph of your response. Some students in this course claimed that the the effort is just about the same; others claim it is more. I guess students attestations are correlated to their individual situations. My opinion is that it definitely takes more effort to successfully execute the kinds of transactions you have mentioned with students. In a traditional classroom environment, it is easier to do these things. Continuous dialogue, proper speech, right choice of words, right tone and effective intonations yield wonderful results. Proper body language, expressions, and other relationship building behaviors you exhibit is instant messaging; nothing is left open to interpretation as can be the case with the written word. Satrohan