I wouldn’t want to underestimate our students. Students today grow up using and are more familiar with online communities, than we ever would have dreamed.

In my computer classes I find that even the students labeled with learning problems seem to be able to do the online work easier. I see that in the future, much sooner than 10 – 15 years, education will need to incorporate new technologies or be left behind.
We are not going to be able to force feed students, or they will just go online and go somewhere else that satisfies their needs.
I think we will see a competition in education for schools to compete with each other by offering higher quality education combined with technology. After all, with new invovations in technology, (i.e. virtual classrooms) geographical restrictions become a mute point.
I may be teaching a class consisting of 10, 20, or 100 students from anywhere in the world. Which means that what I say had better be interesting and of use or I will be communicating with an empty room, so to speak.