Virtual Distance/Virtual Workforce

Reading the following articles in "attachments":

1.  Virtual Distance Details

2.  Karen Sobel Lojeski Interview

3.  Global Strategies: Virtual Distance

1- How does Lojeski's definition of a virtual workforce / virtual distance differ from the usual definition of a remote or virtual workforce? 

2- Have you personally encountered this type of virtual distance at work or in school?

3- If you were the team leader of a team with a high virtual distance, what are some things you might do to make the team more effective?