Will online education replace traditional learning?

Newtown (Expat in China)

How can you learn subjects such as chemistry without being able to safely use the laboratory equipment and chemicals under the direct, hands-on guidance of an expert teacher ? How can you learn how to use a language in face-to-face situations using aspects such as a gesture, facial expression, body posture, tone of voice solely via a computer ? How can you learn extra-curricular or hidden curricular behaviors and attitudes, such as being with your classmates, playing games with them, learning discipline and order from your teachers if the student is stuck behind a computer monitor ? How can you learn how to cook if you don't have a stove ?

You cannot learn how to live life simply by sitting in front of a computer rather than ever taking part of being a community member in the 'big, bad world' beyond the screen.