The teachers will need to be “taught” on how to teach in this format which is time consuming and expensive.”
-Teachers will indeed need to have education on how to properly communicate with students via a virtual classroom and setting. Virtual communication classes can start to be included in teaching undergraduate programs at universities and colleges. This transition to virtual education will not be expensive due to the money saved. Traditional education requires building construction and a plentiful staff to keep it running. The combination of these two can be quite costly and will be reduced, if not eliminated, by computer mediated education.