Just out of curiosity, I was wondering if any of you have direct experience with teaching online. What are your thoughts about it? What do you like about it ? What do you dislike about it ? Does it pay enough to live comfortably on, or do you have to suppliment your income?

Ofcourse, I am relatively new as a student, and have quite a while before I could apply to be an instructor; Actually, I never even thought about doing that until now, and it's just a thought and not necessarily a plan.  I am interested in feedback though from those who have had experience with teaching online, or who do teach online.  Thanks

I'm doing it for the first time this term, for a small community college out West.  It's a good side gig, but it would be very tough to live off it.  I understand that people do, but I wouldn't want to try it unless I were back living offshore where it takes a lot less income to get by.

I like it mostly because it's a kick when my students have that "eureka!" moment and I know I helped them get there.  I haven't really seriously disliked anything about it.  I guess one thing would be how hard it is to get into it -- there's a lot of competition for online teaching gigs, and I'll be the first to admit that I lucked into the one I have this term.

-=Steve=-