One of the more challengings aspects I am anticipating as an online instructor is establishing my authority and presence. In the classroom setting this has actually been quite easy as students are focused on you to deliver learning content/facilitate learning. Particularly in asynchronous online learning I imagine that establshing the same level of authority can be quite difficult. The module provided some helpful techniques to be able to establish presence, authority, and relationships with students in the online steting.
Personally, in the master's program I chose I found it only necessary to interact with course instructors when I was revising tasks/assessments. Other than that, I was able to move through the entire program without interacting with peers or instructors. I can say that while this method provided the same outcome (a master's degree), my sole focus was on completing the task for the course and not on interaction and engagement.
