• Are there any particular anomalies or inconsistencies between what is espoused as 'good practice' and what actually happens in reality?

My main worry about E learning is the lack of interactions between teachers and learners, I cant quite see how a Zone of Proximal Development could be developed over the internet? But I also worry that this would cause a lack of motivation in younger students and in some it would lead to the ability to cheat.
I know from teaching A level Applied Science some pupils would attempt to hand in Wikipedia instead of their own work and as a teacher it is difficult to always identify this as there are enough sites out there to avoid detection.
In terms of being the teacher ~I feel one of my strengths in teaching is that I pass on my enthusiasm to the pupils (its like they say regardless how you feel when you go into the classroom your teacher face goes on). My big worry in this respect is how do you pass this on with text? How many explanation marks do you have to put in to show you are enthusiastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Global Warming is really important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a teacher how can you form a relationship through E learning compared to face to face teaching?

As a form of extension work in theory E learning could be a brilliant tool but how do you convince pupils its worthwhile in real life? I am sure if done well schools could benefit from introducing E learning as a method of homework as i have previously mentioned but in my experience it just isn't work. I guess it needs to be a whole school strategy but who is going to train teachers of a age range of 23 years to 65 years of age to all implement and use E learning on top of the work they have to do already.