Online Education

I have taken a few classes online and they are really convenient, cheap, and it's great to work at your own pace.. however, do you really get as much as you should from an online class? There is talk about online classes and that one day there will be no more class rooms, it will all be online classes or virtual classrooms. I think that this could cause many problems, one being that if students have computers sitting right in front of them there is no telling what else they are going to be on (games, twitter, facebook, etc.) This is going to lead to them not taking in the information needed and while they are trying to multi-task with their assignment and their game, they are not going to be retaining information. Another problem is that school is not just a place to learn, it's a place to grow socially, personally and in some lives eventually find out who you really are. It is a way to grow into who you are going to be. If someone is looking to just take a few classes online to make it more convenient I don't see the problem, but to earn your degree online with no face to face contact with students, teachers and the atmosphere of learning I do not believe it is the best idea.