I learned and re-inforced that learning the stucture of the lessons and knowing what is going to happen ahead of when students receive the information to the module is key. " Flying by the seat of my pants" is not an option. I also beleive that as an instructure I need to make every effort to interact with the students and be avaliable for them when I am needed. I took online coarses many, many, (many) years ago. It is amazing and encouraging how much it has advanched and the number of opportunities are almost endless.