Online education is rapidly being adopted in major universities. Software engineering programs are early adopters among engineering disciplines due to the ability to leverage advances in cloud computing andpersonal computing environments to support software engineering environments. Online modalities have several benefits, but present challenges as well. This extended abstract suggests that the continuing rise of online education combined with the increasesin software engineering enrollments create unique challenges for software engineering educators, chief among them the ability to effectively utilize project-centric pedagogy to contextualize learning experiencesfor our students.