What are the pitfalls and strengths of online learning? When we venture into the online world of information, it is first and foremost a world of information. While there is obviously lots to learn, how to learn, how to stay focussed, how to be inspired and engaged does not venture off of the page to assist the learner. I am an advocate of the importance of having a mentor, a teacher or a guide. I have often mused that in learning it is the style, not the facts that matter. S