This article focuses a lot on lectures. And lectures are dying. Modern teaching methods are trying to phase them out, as the Internet is really good at giving

This article focuses a lot on lectures. And lectures are dying. Modern teaching methods are trying to phase them out, as the Internet is really good at giving you information. The educator's role is now a facilitator. "Guide on the side, not sage on the stage", or so it's been said. And that's how it has to be - that's the only way a college can compete. Because the online lectures you see are just captures of regular lectures. You don't need to go somewhere and pay money to watch someone talk. The value the professor adds is in assessing your work. And if classtime can be used to do that, or classtime can be used to let you practice, then there's the advantage.