A Digital Native, an Active Learner

     The future of education is now a mouse click away.  Opening the doors to cyber education has become an attractive way of enriching our knowledge.  If only we could take a microscopic form and literally travel the network of education.  Education has already grown legs and is traveling the internet as students navigate the web to enhance their learning.  Yet will this new method of learning interfere with social interaction?  Yes, I can learn Chinese history from someone in Beijing, but will that take the place of meeting people from diverse backgrounds, from traveling to China and experiencing it all on my own?  How will we expand our interpersonal skills when we are losing our humanity by interacting with a PC?  Perhaps future students do prefer a more digital way of learning, one where they can use mobile devices to connect with friends, classmates, and teachers.  Yet will closing college doors to open networks of education be the best way to prepare future generations?  Life in cyberspace is great and enlightening, but we can’t forget to take our heads out of the computer every once in a while.