As they teach, men learn" wrote Seneca almost two millennia ago, and perhaps that is even more true today. When we asked our faculty at Mercy Online for their pedagogical "best practices" or lessons they have learned in the online classroom, we were delighted at the richness of the responses. We have summarized these and selected a few that seemed especially likely to be of use to colleagues. We thank all those who have responded to our survey. We also hope you will continue to share your lessons of the online classroom with us and with your colleagues   We have summarized the results from the survey of best practices. To get a general idea of the sort of thing that professors here at Mercy Online have found effective in their classes,