Re: Online courses: I hope not
I am not saying that everyone must have four years at a university. There is always a place for a T. A. Edison.
The experience of interacting with other students and professors can be a life changing and enriching experience.
"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?"
Exactly!