Teaching online is like flying blind; you have so much less information than you do in person, and can't read body language, get an immediate overview, check in

Teaching online is like flying blind; you have so much less information than you do in person, and can't read body language, get an immediate overview, check in on students in the thousand tiny ways that come without thinking in person. Teaching virtually is doable, and still valuable, but it's definitely a degraded experience.