This piece hits on something that as a former teacher it has always been very frustrating for me to not see mentioned in most discussions of online learning: mo

This piece hits on something that as a former teacher it has always been very frustrating for me to not see mentioned in most discussions of online learning: motivation. One of the main things that teachers have to work hardest on in all but the most elite schools is motivating their students. That is very difficult as it is, and doing it without physical proximity it becomes potentially impossible. It may be that this can be handled, but it needs to be discussed. You can't just gloss over it and talk more about the stuff that is interesting to programmers to implement.