Tom, Throughout this thread multiple opinions on both sides of the aisle indicate large differences between the two platforms to meet student needs. Your insights on student comfort level and learning styles are on target with most of the participants. I guess if "over the Internet" education were to stay, basically, in its current form there would not be much dissent to the idea that it will not replace the traditional classroom. I wonder if something along the lines of "three-dimensional video conferencing" with appropriate learning props might someday (50 – 100 years) be robust enough to accommodate a learning environment equal to today's current face-to-face. This is the vision of distance education that is as far-fetched as landing a man on the moon. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt