Samuel, As an art school guy I think Arts education is going to go online even before the traditional Liberal Arts training. Primarily because art, design, film

Samuel, As an art school guy I think Arts education is going to go online even before the traditional Liberal Arts training. Primarily because art, design, film making are areas where credentials are nearly useless and the portfolio of work is paramount. In terms of formal skills sites like Vectips, Smashing Magazine, et al. Do a good job conveying how to work with tools. I do agree that the sense of fraternity that grows up in a creative environment is important, but the web is flattening that out. Look at a site like Threadless.com where there is a dedicated critique community. I think film makers coming up sharing videos via YouTube, collaborating remotely, and will replace a lot of the community that is typically found on campus. More broadly, we may be looking at the end of a historical blip. For hundreds of years, skills were transferred via apprenticeship, on the job training, etc. A number of demographic and political trends changed this from the 1950's til now, but maybe we are seeing a reversion to the mean?