Adam, Thank you for your perspective and insights. There are many who are in agreement with you. Yet, there are others who seem to feel technology will eventually (a few decades) get to the point where any training/education can be accomplished over the Internet. To address your example, medical schools, electronic "manikins" with many different sensor arrangements can accommodate practice for multiple procedures from phlebotomy to organ replacements. These technologies are currently under development in governmental settings and will probably not be available/feasible for mainstream education for quite a while. However, some educators believe it is feasible to replace the face-to-face with the online when combined with video tutorials, recorded practice sessions, distance instructors/doctors, and sensor equipment to monitor the students'performance. It will be interesting to see this unfold. Thank you for your thoughtful discussion post. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt