In some respects, online supervision and mentoring differs from supervision and mentoring through face-to-face meetings and discussions while they are not different at all in other respects. There is still a shared responsibility – to develop new knowledge, to make an original contribution, and to have pride in the quality of the outcome among the two. It might seem that these three are responsibilities of the student alone – but, as a supervisor, I want to be the recipient of new knowledge that adds to my understanding; I want to be sure that there is an original contribution arising from the study; and I want to be as proud of the result as the student is.