Cry for help!

I've been asking for feedback/ideas from everyone I know and they have delivered! Thanks to everyone who has been collaborating on this brainstorm. The storm is still going, so don't stop now - keep it coming!

A very good friend of mine has put forth the following:
Online education sucks because you feel so isolated, detached, and unsupported. You feel alone.

Quite right. So, I am going to make damn sure that doesn't happen with my school. I've been doing some intense Googling and have found several ways to solve the problem. The relatively new concepts in web 2.0 are spreading like wildfire. Social media is booming (Hi, my name is Ivy, and I love Facecrack) and interactivity is the name of every game out there. Except that I cannot see a single online photography course that is delivering this kind of interactivity. I hope to be the first 2.0 photography school.

Ideas I am mulling over include the following:

• Live, web-based classes. I can run a class with visual content (pictures/text) while I speak to the class. Students can "raise their hand" to ask questions via a chat box that can be private or public. The sessions can be recorded for later viewing in case someone misses a class.
• Interactive quizzes. These would not count as a part of the student's grade, but serve to reinforce the curriculum. Quizzes can be repeated as many times as desired.
• Live photo critiques. Run in a similar fashion to a class, photos would be displayed, one at a time, and discussed by the entire class. Students can write comments that correspond to the specific area of the photograph they are discussing. Every comment is saved for the students to review. Unfortunately, if a student misses a photo critique, they would not receive the full benefit of interacting with the class.

Thoughts? Rants? Raves? More problems to solve? Spill your guts and help me make something really special!

BTW; Happy New Year!