Maybe it was an emergency, or your school asked you to go online. Perhaps you volunteered. In any case, welcome to the educational revolution. The good news is that you are not alone, and you do not have to improvise. The objective of this book is to share ideas and advice on developing, planning, and teaching distance learning classes successfully. It is not a book about the academic justification for distance learning. Nor is this a book to help you decide whether you should try this technique. You have chosen to do it (or someone decided for you), and you want to do your best. After all, you have a name and a career to defend.-----A full professor at ITESM, with over 25 years of experience with distance education, some of Dr. Alanis' classes have nearly 1000 students in nine countries. He helped develop a distance learning program on project management between Stanford University and ITESM. He also designed and taught a dual degree program on IT Management between ITESM and Carnegie Mellon University.