The benefit of learning how others think and conduct a search is invaluable to me as I continuously devise new methods which will enable my students to be savvy cyber students. The online classwork was reinforced by the instructor and fellow students. While Doing I don't think this class would work totally on line. It can also get very technical at times and to have to handle this on your own or again by email would not work out well. I recognize that there are droves of people who thrive in cyber communities, but if I were left with a syllabus and conference space failure would be a dismal reality.
Human interaction is the foundation through which communities work.
The classroom is an environment where students of all ages work, study, and share ideas. The environment of the classroom creates the integral piece for the success of the student. On The Other Hand I believe that teachers resent the fact that they have to use their time to go to the lab for technology training. Especially, if they already know what is being taught. They could skip the material that they all ready know and move on to the more advanced.