Re: Online courses: yes and no
"Do we really want to be reduced to virtual displays and multiple choice/true-false test formats? Will online collegial affiliations be as strong as those made in person? Is virtual social contact going to help us to learn interpersonal skills in the long run? Aren't those skills precisely what keep people from killing each other?"
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Amen. Problem is, many of us engineering types are most comfortable at a terminal rather than face to face. Yet another reason to move folks out of their comfort zone and facilitate geeks interfacing directly with other humans.
-p (not a Luddite)