Hi Dave
Interesting comments. My interest in them relates to the fact that I have to do a lot of on-line teaching and the difficulty of getting students to participate.
I have been recently asked to write a course in community development which involves what have been traditionally thought of as face to face skills,
I have always compared computer interactions unfavourably with f2f conversation but your post has given me pause to think more deeply about this.
Cheers
Shane