Määtä and Uusiautti’s conceptualization of pedagogical lovePedagogical love is supported by others such as Freire, Fromm, and van Manen; being a good teacherGood teacher requires a loving attitudeLoving attitude, an attachment to learnersLearners, and a strong desire to help the learner grow and develop to their best potential. The two authors work in teacher education programsTeacher education programs where many students take classes online and asynchronously.Classes online and asynchronously. This lack of in-person, face-to-face connectionFace-to-face connection raises challenges for the relational teacher educator. To better understand how and whether pedagogical lovePedagogical love was realized by online students, the authors sent students an anonymous survey with open-ended questions. The authors then analyzed these results to understand better what relational, pedagogical lovePedagogical love these students experience in online courseworkOnline coursework.