Teaching online can create a unique set of challenges that we may not have to deal with in the face-to-face classroom. Part of being successful online is recognizing and dealing with these frustrating aspects of online teaching. Through experience we may be able to identify strategies for reducing or even eliminating the issue. If you are relatively new to online teaching, please describe an area of concern that you may anticipate will cause frustration. For example, “I feel that I will be frustrated that I can’t get to know my students since I cannot see their smiling faces.” If you have some experience as an online instructor, please describe an early frustrating situation or area of concern you had and how you have addressed it. Perpetual ‘glass head’ syndrome continues to be the most frustrating challenge for me as an online educator. Because I focus on concepts rather than specific cases, I’ve been able to use the same basic course content for several years. And that means that I and the lessons have moved through several different course delivery products and versions. Thankfully I’ve been able to maintain a ‘student view’ of each iteration. But, I still know where I want them to go and that makes it hard for me to see where the course doesn’t make sense. One summer I was just beside myself and got so tired of the complaints (in a graduate education course) that I set up a discussion forum just for suggestions on a particular aspect that seemed to be driving us all crazy. One ambitious student actually provided constructive input that resulted in my expanding the class schedule in a way that seems to have solved the problem. The intended process was described in the course orientation, but it never hit home until it was made explicit in the syllabus. When I’m learning alongside my students is when we both gain the most, so my advice to newer online educators would be to first make sure you’ve done your homework (check it out from their perspective), then pay attention to what’s going on each semester. You’ll be able to pinpoint troublespots and know how to ask for help if a resolution isn’t obvious to you. Everyone’s learning experience will be improved in the long run!