An increasing amount of workforce training is now done online and via videoconferencing. Students with college experience learning online are completely comfortable with that environment and that way of learning. Some universities are even requiring students to do a portion of their coursework online. You seem to be saying that someone who takes a distance learning course or gets a degree at a distance learns how to learn. Even though there is a great deal of interaction in a good distance learning course, students must still demonstrate higher levels of motivation and self-discipline than in the traditional classroom.
Success still takes a significant amount of self-motivation.
In the online world, you have to make your self do these things. It's very rewarding. A good interactive lecture is great way to learn, but it is possible to include more people in the educational process. Through distance learning theses people can be included. Try it before you put it down.