"Conventional wisdom deems smaller classes superior"... Well that doesn't really apply in this case, does it? You can have 3000 students sitting in their own comfortable place, all learning from you.
The Internet revolutionized the way we learn. I remember wanting to learn how to create a small tripwire alarm circuit when I was a kid and having to go through half a dozen books from the library and make my own notes before putting it all together (it took several days). If I had access to the Internet as it is nowadays - I'd be able to start (and probably finish) the actual work in hours!
I hope this develops further - it definitely has the potential to make college and universities useless. The downside is that you don't learn how to work and socialize with other people - that's why I believe that online (and home-) schooling is not a good replacement for elementary and secondary education... not yet, at least.
The Internet revolutionized the way we learn. I remember wanting to learn how to create a small tripwire alarm circuit when I was a kid and having to go through half a dozen books from the library and make my own notes before putting it all together (it took several days). If I had access to the Internet as it is nowadays - I'd be able to start (and probably finish) the actual work in hours!
I hope this develops further - it definitely has the potential to make college and universities useless. The downside is that you don't learn how to work and socialize with other people - that's why I believe that online (and home-) schooling is not a good replacement for elementary and secondary education... not yet, at least.