摘要:This paper is going to compare and contrast the teacherstudent interaction of SUNY learning Network and Beiwai Online.Based on her learning experience in SLN and her teaching experience in Beiwai Online,the author analyzes the importance of teacher-student interaction in the two systems from the following aspects: 1.The basic structure of the two distance learning systemsrn 2.The interaction between the students and teachers in both systemsrn 3.The relationship between interaction and student satisfactionrn 4.Importance of interaction to online communityrn Finally suggestions are made about how to enhance teacher-student satisfaction in the Chinese context which may benefit the future development of Beiwai Online.